by @ssnnas
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Western scholarship has turned its eyes away from the reality of life in yet a different way. Western thinkers, beginning with the early Greeks, have become used to grasping all existence solely by reason. This is grasping the meaning of things by establishing their precise relationship to other things, or grasping things in terms of definitions. Because of this approach, some Western philosophers try to grasp “self” and even the life force itself by definition. The life of the self deoes not come about by being defined. Life lives as real experience even if it is not understood or defined. Even the power to understand things by means of definitions is the power of our own life. This ought to be clear to us naturally, but all the Western rationalists’ attempts at explanation leave it muddled. If one thinks about a reality that exists before the definitions of speculative thought, that in itself creates a kind of definition, recreating the problem. The speculated-about and redefined reality no longer exists prior to definition. You can easily wind up thinking that definitions are reality.
Kosho Uchiyama, Opening the Hand of Thought: The Foundations of Zen Buddhist Practice
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92-Year-Old Grandmother Makes Stunningly Intricate Temari Balls
A ninety-two-year-old-grandmother from Japan creates stunning embroidered balls known as “temari,” (meaning “hand ball” in Japanese) which showcase a skill she learned in her sixties. A traditional folk art, which was conceived in Japan in the 7th century, the craft is tedious and highly demanding craft. The unknown woman has constructed 500 unique designs, which are photographed by her granddaughter NanaAkua. Overall these beautiful trinkets are a symbol of happy life and good fortune, which originate from friendship and loyalty.
(Source: culturenlifestyle.com)
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at 上海 外灘 the Bund Shanghai
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View from the Hyatt bar in the Shanghai World Financial Center (at Shanghai World Financial Center)
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Installations by Rowan Mersh
Rowan Mersh is a textile based sculptor who explores form and fuses concept with technique, emphasizing experimentation as the focus of his practice. A celebrated graduate of the Royal College of Art, Mersh has developed a unique aesthetic, which is at once obvious upon encounter of his various sculptural forms, whether it be textiles, sculpture or any other experimental agenda in which he embarks.
You need the art in order to love the life. We guarantee you that!
(Source: crossconnectmag)
