door.
The Brown Man
He arranges his hands into beautiful mudras. He lowers his gaze and returns to the breath. Everything is inside everything else. The river red gums have within them sunlight and soil and rain clouds and wind. Within each thing is its other. That is the nature of Emptiness.
In the sunlight, he stares at his hands. Tension leaves the manâs body. He notices the ease flowing in his arms and legs, a softness to his gaze. He observes the dying down of his anger, and the diminishing of its light in his mental landscape.
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
Chi Vu was born in Vietnam and came to Australia in 1979. After studying at the University of Melbourne, she worked as a theatre maker, dramaturge, writer, artistic director and arts administrator. Chi Vuâs plays, which include the critically acclaimed and widely studied Vietnam: a Psychic Guide , have been performed in Melbourne and Sydney, and her short stories have appeared in various publications, including The Macquarie PEN Anthology of Australian Literature .
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The author would like to thank the Tyrone Guthrie Centre, Alison Bicknell, Nguyen Hung Quoc, Scott Brook, Jenny Dwyer, the School of Culture and Communication at the University of Melbourne, the Eleanor Dark Foundation, Peter Bishop, James Dwyer, Lian Low, David Everist, Judy Pile, Ton-That Quynh-Du, Ivor Indyk and Fiona Wright.
This project has been assisted by the Commonwealth Government through the Australia Council, its art funding and advisory body.
The Brown Man
He arranges his hands into beautiful mudras. He lowers his gaze and returns to the breath. Everything is inside everything else. The river red gums have within them sunlight and soil and rain clouds and wind. Within each thing is its other. That is the nature of Emptiness.
In the sunlight, he stares at his hands. Tension leaves the manâs body. He notices the ease flowing in his arms and legs, a softness to his gaze. He observes the dying down of his anger, and the diminishing of its light in his mental landscape.
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
Chi Vu was born in Vietnam and came to Australia in 1979. After studying at the University of Melbourne, she worked as a theatre maker, dramaturge, writer, artistic director and arts administrator. Chi Vuâs plays, which include the critically acclaimed and widely studied Vietnam: a Psychic Guide , have been performed in Melbourne and Sydney, and her short stories have appeared in various publications, including The Macquarie PEN Anthology of Australian Literature .
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The author would like to thank the Tyrone Guthrie Centre, Alison Bicknell, Nguyen Hung Quoc, Scott Brook, Jenny Dwyer, the School of Culture and Communication at the University of Melbourne, the Eleanor Dark Foundation, Peter Bishop, James Dwyer, Lian Low, David Everist, Judy Pile, Ton-That Quynh-Du, Ivor Indyk and Fiona Wright.
This project has been assisted by the Commonwealth Government through the Australia Council, its art funding and advisory body.
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