When you face the activity

No feeling of separation

You are the song

You are in the music

It surrounds you and is inside you

With no apparent barriers

You are the design

You are the ballplayers

You are the painting

You are the characters in your novel

You are the song the well-read teacher

And the take-off point for connection

Is the immersion into the object -

Immersion in the activity.

All the yogic feats of concentration

Brought to art

And then somehow that feeling

Is transmitted to the observer

They see the beauty in the sculpture

They see the care put into the movie

They feel the commitment of the special player

They hear the heart that sang the song

And the cycle of inspiration

Is allowed to continue

The young person who hears music

Deeply for the first

Or sees Van Gogh in person

Alone with Vincent

Together with this starry night

Somehow the same stars

Above us tonight.