Tabla Rasa (Tanka)

by Sean Allen   Jan 3, 2005


Fire can burn us.
But for every man it kills
ten more are kept warm.

Flames are neither bad nor good.
They are what you make of them.

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  • 19 years ago

    by Sean Allen

    blank slate in latin, it is an idea posed in the 17th and 18th century, first by a man named Locke.

  • 19 years ago

    by Aken Sol

    What does Tabla Rasa mean?

    Aken Sol

  • 19 years ago

    by FTS Miles

    I love these! By all means, keep them up. These quick-fire truisms and koans remind me a great deal of Jenny Holzer. If you're not familiar with her, then I believe you'd probably enjoy checking her out.

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