Behold the Void
The Zen enso, a symbol of the interplay between Form and Void Sitting meditation is not, as is often supposed, a spiritual “exercise,” a practice followed for some ulterior object. From a Buddhist standpoint, it is simply the proper way to sit, and it seems perfectly natural to remain sitting so long as there is [...]
This is not a blog post. Or is it?
René Magritte, The Treachery of Images, 1928-1929. Translation: This is not a pipe. Source: Wikimedia Commons This one’s for Todd, my favorite Magritte fan. So far as I can tell, the point of this painting is that images lie. If shown this picture and asked “What is this?” we would probably say or think quickly, [...]
Mark Rothko recovers the sparrow
Mark Rothko. No. 61 (Rust and Blue), 1953 I have just finished reading a book called Buddhism is Not What You Think: Finding Freedom beyond Beliefs by Steve Hagen. There is a double meaning in the title because the book is about not-thinking and really seeing. In it Hagen writes of Foyan, an ancient Chinese [...]
