You only live twice
Once after you are born and
Once before you die
-Bashō
I enjoy the humor and the sarcasm in its redundancy. Then once it is apparent that the passage is essentially a joke you realize the message is simple and rings true. So get busy livin'! As others might put it.
Today's quote of the day is from the world renowned poet Matsuo Basho (1644-1694). Basho lived during the Edo period (1603-1868) in Japan and is considered the supreme master of the haiku. This common poem consists three of lines with the respective syllable count: 5-7-5. Though widely known for his haikus, Basho preferred the medium of renku which is a forum in which several persons perform collaboratively linked verses. Sounds a bit like these guys may have been the first rap artists?
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