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Why Can't a Clear-eyed Person Cut the Red Thread? (MK30c)

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KOAN:

Why can’t a clear-eyed person cut the red thread?

—PZI Miscellaneous Koans, Case 30c

From Songyuan Chongyue’s Three Turning Words:

a. Why can’t the person of great strength lift up her leg?
b. Say something without moving your lips or tongue.
c. Why can’t a clear-eyed person cut the red thread?

Misc September 30, 2020

Artist: Piper Leigh

Piper Leigh

Koans
Stone Woman Gives Birth (MK33), Why Can't a Clear-eyed Person Cut the Red Thread? (MK30c)
Tags
art, artist, installation art
Category
Misc, Visual Artwork

Santa Fe, NM Artist Piper Leigh’s work is interdisciplinary. She writes poetry and creates installations – Images are from an installation: Ancestors, Mothers & Muses courtesy of artist Piper Leigh.