The human soul dances to the music of creative time and life joins in the dance.
-- Toshimi Horiuchi

For over half a century, moved by the mysterious charm of poetry, I have observed a variety of views regarding life housing the creative soul. In this essay, I would like to sketch some primary facets of this life of the soul in creative metamorphosis using the following metaphor.

I see the leaf of life floating and flowing on a stream of creative time influenced by a universe of constant mutability. The leaf of life is constantly at the mercy of the stream.