{"product_id":"an-exploration-of-consciousness-ii-tekkan-9781734351026","title":"An Exploration of Consciousness II","description":"\u003cp\u003eI am Tekkan. I have married the poetic forms of the sonnet and the tanka. A story is told in the sonnet -- using three quatrains, and a final couplet. The story reaches a conclusion in the couplet. The tanka 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 combines the sensibility of the Occident and the Orient -- as I have done by living in America, England, and Japan.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe subjects covered in \u003cem\u003eEveryday Mind X\u003c\/em\u003e include -- Galveston -- Waiting and Loving -- Vietnam -- Google and Facebook -- Aslan -- Transitions -- Snap Shots.\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tekkan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1734351020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781734351026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Barry MacDonald\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/13\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 526\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.07lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.43d","brand":"Tekkan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48519230783743,"sku":"9781734351026","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_83ca4d3b-3da1-4d6e-b2c1-278fbd9036f6.jpg?v=1778737086","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/an-exploration-of-consciousness-ii-tekkan-9781734351026","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}