Ekyo met my parents at my home in Salt Lake City back around 2009. Can it really be that long ago? We gathered around the dining room table and told stories about family, my dad leading the way. Mom and dad continued to ask about Ekyo through the years. Ekyo was my guest many times and I remember how thoughtful, quiet and unassuming she was, and always ready to offer a smile. I think of Ekyo as the inimitable Zen practitioner. She was multi-talented but for me it is her incredible artwork that is left as a testament to her devotion to the Way and which served as a wonderful expression of Dana. From the Song of the Jewel Mirror Samadhi by Dongshan Liangjie (Tozan Ryokai) is this sentence: "Practice invisibly, work intimately" I like to remember Ekyo through those timeless words.