Tao and words
The purpose of words is to convey ideas. When the ideas are grasped, the words are forgotten.
Where can I find a man who has forgotten words? He is the one I would like to talk to.
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It is experience that is the ultimate teacher. That is why wise people travel constantly and test themselves against the flux of circumstance.
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Category Archives: Art | Design
The aesthetics of iMandalArt
Last September, I wrote a post about productivity apps and the impending appearance of the iPad version of iMandalArt. In November, I added a brief update with a link to the MandalArt Website with videos — three of them now … Continue reading
Posted in Art | Design, Tao | Zen, Technology
Tagged aesthetics, apps, art, iMandalArt, iPad, Japanese garden, MandalArt, technology, wabi-sabi
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“Accepting the award for Dr. Borodin…”
Who is the odd man out in the following list? Alexander Borodin, M.D. James Kildare, M.D. Marcus Welby, M.D. R. Quincy, M.E. Gregory House, M.D. As is often the case, the “correct” answer depends on the context you bring … Continue reading
Life imitates Asimov
Over each of the next three years, successive volumes of Isaac Asimov’s science-fiction masterpiece, the Foundation Trilogy, will reach the 60th anniversary of first publication — Foundation (1951), Foundation and Empire (1952), and Second Foundation (1953). Notwithstanding his much more … Continue reading
Posted in Art | Design, Technology
Tagged art, Isaac Asimov, James Turrell, Prime Radiant, science fiction, Second Foundation
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‘Univers Revolved’
Ji Lee’s ‘Univers Revolved’ is: a three-dimensional alphabet, created by rotating each traditional upper-case letter around its left-most point or edge; a downloadable font based on that alphabet; a print book, “a toy for the mind,” written and illustrated entirely … Continue reading