Category Archives: Art

Stillness and tranquility set things in order in the universe. I am sure you have experienced this feeling that good order is somehow tied to stillness and tranquility. In our everyday lives, the bustle of activity, the noise of constant action … Continue reading →

Forty-three is one of those chapters that encapsulates the Tao Te Ching nicely. It’s one that comes to mind when thinking about Taoism in general. In this very concise chapter, we have the idea of wei wu wei, along with … Continue reading →

Therefore the sage takes care of all men And abandons no one. He takes care of all things And abandons nothing. This is called “following the light.” It is said of Bodhidharma that he believed that the intuitive grasp of … Continue reading →

Chapter Ten is a very difficult chapter for me to take in. For each of the translations I consulted, there was a (sometimes radically) different interpretation of Lao Tsu’s words. Lao Tsu is trying to communicate what Feng and English … Continue reading →

Chapter Five is a good example of what I mentioned in my first post; that is, there are many ways to translate the text Lao Tsu has given us and it is often useful to consider several interpretations to get … Continue reading →

So early in the text and we have run up against a truly alien standpoint to our everyday American sensibilities. In Chapter Two we had our first hint of wu-wei, the virtue of non-action. Here in Chapter Three we find … Continue reading →

So, I’ve been working my way through all of the episodes of the X-Files over the last several months and I ran across an episode in season 7 that was written and directed by Gillian Anderson (who plays Scully) called “All … Continue reading →