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.
Thomas Merton
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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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The notebook as (framed) art
PenWorld is a place of pens and ink and cases, paper and notebooks and covers, pencils and markers and sketchbooks, plus the handwriting and artwork that can be created therewith. It’s probably fair to say that PenWorld’s residents, among whom … Continue reading
Posted in Art | Design, Pens | Ink | Paper
Tagged art, Calepino, fountain pens, notebooks, paper
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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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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
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Tagged art, Isaac Asimov, James Turrell, Prime Radiant, science fiction, Second Foundation
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Steve Jobs and the Seven Geniuses
… or how I amused myself while waiting in line at the Apple Store. Over the past ten days, it feels like I’ve spent more time in the local Apple Store than asleep, buying new hardware, dealing with data transfer, … Continue reading