R. Prost -- Notes

NOTES

Jinji -- Human affairs (Japanese).  One of the sub-categories of haiku.

Asagao -- Morning glory (Japanese).  Literally "morning face", it is an image of transience.

Kumo -- Cloud (Japanese).  Used to convey change and impermanence.

Kyoka -- Mad poem (Japanese).  Japanese kyoka are (non-artistic) responses to traditional

poems.

Kinhin -- Walking meditation (Japanese).

Karumi -- Lightness (Japanese). Used to denote a very light touch.

Enchiridion -- The title of a handbook of moral values by Epictetus who was the mentor of

Marcus Aurelius.

Veritas -- Truth (Latin).

-- This is a medieval (alchemical?) image symbolic of one's lifespan.

It is composed of the waxing and waning moon and the space between.