In Place 9

 9

She lays carpeting; an old brass bowl
will teach by singing— it tells her
she may stop thinking, or may
even stop stopping thinking

In 2013 she experienced a crisis of gloom over perceived diminishing likelihood that most species, including humankind, could survive the observed exponential increase in environmental degradation. A friend advised her to take up some form of meditation. She joined a Soto Zen Buddhist sangha. The hut was now repurposed as a zendo (meditation hall) of sorts. “Stop thinking, or even stop stopping thinking” is a reference to Eihei Dogen’s "Fukanzazengi."

Think of not thinking, ‘Not thinking —what kind of thinking is that?’ Nonthinking. This is the essential art of zazen.
— Dogen (tr. Tanahashi)