Emptiness ⚫
Beginners mind
Emptiness ⚫
How do we pick up on a signal that can neither be heard nor be defined? The answer is not to look for it. Nor do we attempt to predict or analyze our way into it. Instead, we create an open space that allows it. A space so free of the normal overpacked condition of our minds that it functions as a vacuum.
Rick Rubin • The Creative Act
People fear nothingness. However in zen, we are taught to value emptiness as a source of potential and creativity. Think of it as an empty garden or an empty canvas. We have to let go to be empty, and it is in that emptiness where we can start cultivating again.
Winnie Lim • what is there when there is nothing
Creativity thrives in stillness and nothingness;
Brianna Wiest • 101 Essays That Will Change The Way You Think
"The silence between the notes is as important as the notes themselves." - Mozart
BookBrowse • The silence between the notes is as important as the notes themselves.
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