elephantangential

elephantemporal

elephantalisman

 elephantaedium vitae
 

furtive states...

raincloud suddenly rents the embroidered walls...

the feast over, emptiness asserts itself once more... 

souls dissolved in the dream seek each other without end... 

 

[selected lines from 'To the air of "Mulan Hua"' by Li Yu, the last emperor of the Southern Tang dynasty]