Ryunosuke Koiko, sharpen your awareness by focusing on impermanence

Look out of the window and notice the wind. You probably haven't done that because you've been tuned in to the sounds around you. Once you focus on the subtle sound of the wind, you may be surprised to learn that it can stimulate your mind in a positive way.

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Pay close attention to similar details, and you'll notice that things are continually changing. Everything created in this world continues to change at a breathtaking rate, and nothing is permanent. That's what 'impermanence' means.

– The Practice of Not Thinking, translated by Eriko Sugita, 2021

And for me, the act of writing is one of listening—when I write I never think it out in advance, I don't plan anything, I proceed by listening.

If there's any metaphor I would use for the act of writing, it would have to be listening.

– Jon Fosse, A Silent Language: Jon Fosse's Nobel Lecture, translated by Damion Searls, Fitzcarraldo Editions, 2024, p. 21

Whether in prose, drama or poetry, his writing approaches a state of uncertainty that can open a relation to the divine.

– Anders Olssen, Award Ceremony Speech, in ibid., translated by Chris Hall, p. 29