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By Lucky Chance
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Tuesday, August 21, 2018    Rated "G" by the Author.
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By lucky chance
I've just possessed
A piece of jade --
White, like a lump
Of the mutton fat. . .

The dunter says,
'Let me carve it
For a buddha or
Bodhisattva of Mercy,
Creating a highly valued image. . .

I twirl the lump
Between my fingers
With a gleaming cadence--
Its coarse weight burns
The core of my palm. . .

I fondle it for days on end
To feel how a sacred child
Is coming forth from my mind
To take the fresh air
Of a new life.

I won't change it
For all masterpieces
Of the World's Treasury,
As the only property I have
Is cherished thoroughly
Within the pure part of my heart.
    

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 Reviews of "By Lucky Chance"
Reviewed on August 21, 2018
No, those jade pieces are valuable!!! Don't let anyone chip it away!!! What is art? It is in the eyes of the beholders:

My sister used to go to the beach to pick up rocks that looked like something. She would take the piece of rock home and placed on atop a wood stand that she bought specially from the Chinatown, and once the piece of rock is mounted on that wood stand, it would look like a piece of art!

Your piece of rock is a jade, and it is the kind of white jade that many Chinese people would consider an expensive piece of jade. Don't let anyone chip it away by carving something. It is better to look at a piece of rock and imagine what it represents to you in an artistic way.

Sandie

Reviewed by Ronald Hull
Reviewed on August 21, 2018
Your heart is already impure when you covet a piece of rock. At least when it is carved, it has artistic value.

Ron


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