<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(3, 8, 44);" class="">Hokusai Says</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(3, 8, 44); min-height: 22px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(3, 8, 44);" class="">Hokusai says Look carefully.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(3, 8, 44);" class="">He says pay attention, notice.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(3, 8, 44);" class="">He says keep looking, stay curious.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(3, 8, 44);" class="">He says there is no end to seeing.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(3, 8, 44); min-height: 22px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(3, 8, 44);" class="">He says Look Forward to getting old.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(3, 8, 44);" class="">He says keep changing,</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(3, 8, 44);" class="">you just get more who you really are.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(3, 8, 44);" class="">He says get stuck, accept it, repeat yourself</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(3, 8, 44);" class="">as long as it's interesting.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(3, 8, 44); min-height: 22px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(3, 8, 44);" class="">He says keep doing what you love.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(3, 8, 44);" class="">He says keep praying.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(3, 8, 44);" class="">He says every one of us is a child,</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(3, 8, 44); min-height: 22px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(3, 8, 44);" class="">every one of us is ancient,</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(3, 8, 44);" class="">every one of us has a body.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(3, 8, 44);" class="">He says every one of us is frightened.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(3, 8, 44);" class="">He says every one of us has to find a way to live with fear.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(3, 8, 44); min-height: 22px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(3, 8, 44);" class="">He says everything is alive -</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(3, 8, 44);" class="">shells, buildings, people, fish, mountains, trees.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(3, 8, 44);" class="">Wood is alive.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(3, 8, 44);" class="">Water is alive.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(3, 8, 44);" class="">Everything has its own life.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(3, 8, 44);" class="">Everything lives inside us.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(3, 8, 44);" class="">He says live with the world inside you.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(3, 8, 44); min-height: 22px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(3, 8, 44);" class="">He says it doesn't matter if you draw, or write books.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(3, 8, 44);" class="">It doesn't matter if you saw wood, or catch fish.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(3, 8, 44);" class="">It doesn't matter if you sit at home</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(3, 8, 44);" class="">and stare at the ants on your verandah or the shadows of the trees</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(3, 8, 44);" class="">and grasses in your garden.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(3, 8, 44); min-height: 22px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(3, 8, 44);" class="">It matters that you care.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(3, 8, 44);" class="">It matters that you feel.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(3, 8, 44);" class="">It matters that you notice.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(3, 8, 44);" class="">It matters that life lives through you.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(3, 8, 44); min-height: 22px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(3, 8, 44);" class="">Contentment is life living through you.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(3, 8, 44);" class="">Joy is life living through you.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(3, 8, 44);" class="">Satisfaction and strength</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(3, 8, 44);" class="">are life living through you.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(3, 8, 44);" class="">Peace is life living through you.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(3, 8, 44); min-height: 22px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(3, 8, 44);" class="">He says don't be afraid.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(3, 8, 44);" class="">Don't be afraid.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(3, 8, 44);" class="">Look, feel, let life take you by the hand.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(3, 8, 44);" class="">Let life live through you.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(3, 8, 44); min-height: 22px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(3, 8, 44);" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>- Roger Keyes</div></body></html>