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I really like how they combine art and these concepts. They deserve imagery and are hard to visualize without them. Alan Watts has a number of talks on Wu Wei
by thenerdhead 3y ago
I really like how they combine art and these concepts. They deserve imagery and are hard to visualize without them.
Alan Watts has a number of talks on Wu Wei and visualizations.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eeD3wS4fGEY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eeD3wS4fGEY
Additionally the metaphor through "The Tao of Pooh" does a great job as well.
https://wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tao_of_Pooh https://wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tao_of_Pooh
They might be Western bastardizations of what it really means, but they inspired me to write a take on it:
https://jondouglas.dev/youre-trying-too-hard/ https://jondouglas.dev/youre-trying-too-hard/
- ChatGTP 3y agoAlan Watts talks are awesome, I often listen to them when dozing off, I'm sure I wake up feeling more refreshed when I do. Like some type of drug. I generally hate sleeping and going to bed, but listening to his talks on Taoism actually make me want to go to bed early and just "zen out" on them.