And the term that I currently use is “the everyday sublime.” “Everyday,” because I feel the sublime is not reducible to magnificent sunsets and vast views of the Himalayas. If you look carefully and mindfully at the tiniest detail of what’s going on, that is just as awe inspiring as the stars in the night sky. When you look at a leaf or a blade of grass—very Sŏn, I suppose—that’s the sublime. The sublime has to be here and now.
