Trying Not to Try

emulate the sparrow, the “wisest of birds.” According to the Zhuangzi, “If its eyes do not spot a suitable place, it will not look twice. If it happens to drop the nut it is carrying, it will simply abandon it and continue on its way. It is wary of people, and yet it lives among them, protected within the altars of grain and soil.”

If you are sincerely selfless, you can help others to achieve selflessness as well

DOWN WITH THE MAN (AND MADISON AVENUE): SOCIAL KNOWLEDGE AND THE HEDONIC TREADMILL

the materials themselves dictate the artistic process. The artist’s own contribution is portrayed as minimal, and the creative act is experienced as completely effortless.