{"product_id":"an-exploration-of-consciousness-vi-9781736353790","title":"An Exploration of Consciousness VI","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Tekkan\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Barry MacDonald\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Barry MacDonald\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Exploration of Consciousness VI\u003c\/em\u003e is a compilation of rhymed sonnets that are drawn from: \u003cem\u003eEveryday Mind XVIII \u003c\/em\u003eto \u003cem\u003eEveryday Mind XXV. \u003c\/em\u003eThere are 500 rhymed sonnets paired with 500 tanka, haiku, lymerics, or loosely formed short poems.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Exploration of Consciousness VI\u003c\/em\u003e is a compilation of rhymed sonnets that are drawn from: \u003cem\u003eEveryday Mind XVIII \u003c\/em\u003eto \u003cem\u003eEveryday Mind XXV. \u003c\/em\u003eThere are 500 rhymed sonnets paired with 500 tanka, haiku, lymerics, or loosely formed short poems.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI am Tekkan. I have married the poetic forms of the sonnet and a following short poem. A story is told in the sonnet. The short poem offers a commentary or counterpoint to the sonnet - the combined poems have two endings. The meaning is direct - I want people to understand clearly. Metaphors are inspired by Shakespeare, the (aimed-for) precision imitates the Japanese. Mixing the sonnet with the tanka and haiku combines the sensibility of the Occident and the Orient - as I have done by living in America, England, and Japan.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"Tekkan\" is the \u003cem\u003edharma\u003c\/em\u003e name I was given. I use Zen mediation to make poetry of ordinary events. \u003cem\u003eTekkan\u003c\/em\u003e means, Iron Man, a settled practitioner of great determination.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTopics included are: John Henry - Tyrannosaurus in Requiem - of - Thic Nhat Hanh - Edward Scissorhands.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Barry MacDonald","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45412892835991,"sku":"9781736353790","price":2572.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781736353790.webp?v=1767918834","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/an-exploration-of-consciousness-vi-9781736353790","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}