[L, diary, ephēmeris] 1) BLOG

Though the title, Midnight Moon Mast, is accurate enough, 'Epiphany' is more accurate.

So (one) abides fully conscious of what is behind and what is in front.
As (one is conscious of what is) in front, so behind; as behind, so in front;
As below, so above; as above, so below;
As by day, so by night: as by night, so by day.
Thus with wits alert, with wits unhampered, (one) cultivates (one's) mind to brilliancy.

(Samyutta-Nikaya, Volume V, 263; Pali Text Society translation volume V, pg 235/ with thanks to Mark Foote's Blog ZAZEN NOTES, )

Art replaces the light that is lost when the day fades

the moment passes

the evanescent extraordinary makes its quicksilver.

Art tries to capture that which we know leaves us

as we move in and out of each other’s lives

as we all must eventually leave this earth.

Great artists know that shadow

work always against the dying light

but always knowing that the day brings new light

and that the ocean which washes away all traces on the sand

leaves us a new canvas with each wave.

—Elizabeth Alexander