In graceful language, Takara attunes us to the inherent truths that emerge when we stop, look, and listen to the interconnectivity of all life forms… This is a book of haiku using the genre of Japanese Zen sensibility, to press our minds, flush against the most mundane aspects of life to apply the sensorial process of distilling infinitesimal meanings from simple perceptions of the four seasons, to raise these mysteries into collective consciousness so that courage and hope inspire thoughts and actions. Haiku, full of colorful and vivid images, can be read in one breath and a sense of sudden enlightenment.
– Liza Simon, Writer, Teacher, Environmentalist, Social Critic