Absence Makes

Absence Makes is a collection of poetry and cryptoglyph art that arose over the last several years of contemplative practice. Maranasati (death contemplation) practices in the NICU, as well as during the passing of my parents 4 days apart are reflected in this art. A year-long fellowship with the New York Zen Center for Contemplative Care and many years of study through the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA provided the perspective needed in the dojo of life to alchemize art from painful experience. If you are coming to this site for yourself or for someone you feel would benefit, perhaps the absorption into a poem or a cryptoglyph might be the salve to reduce extant suffering.