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I first picked up On the Road while finishing my preparation for the World Under 18 Chess Championship in Szeged, Hungary, in the summer of 1994. Jack Kerouac’s vision was like electricity in my veins. His ability to draw sheer joy from the most mundane experiences opened up the world to me. I felt oppressed by the pressures of my career, but then
... See moreJosh Waitzkin • The Art of Learning: An Inner Journey to Optimal Performance
The art of the inner work, which unlike the outer does not forsake the artist, which he does not “do” and can only“be,” springs from the depths of which the day knows nothing. EUGEN HERRIGEL, ZEN IN THE ART OF ARCHERY
John Daido Loori • The Zen of Creativity: Cultivating Your Artistic Life
Eric Carle
Were I a king, pensively Would I pace the corridors of the palace. The path I walk goes through the pine-trees; The sea is blue, a butterfly flits by. Miyoshi Tatsuji
Blyth,R. • Zen and Zen Classics 1: From the Upanishads to Huineng (Zen & Zen Classics)
it is fitting that a hanging scroll of his calligraphy was placed within the first tearoom designed by his disciple. This then set in motion the Japanese custom of having a hanging scroll in the tearoom,
Andrew Juniper • Wabi Sabi: The Japanese Art of Impermanence
Tea began as a medicine and grew into a beverage.
Kakuzo Okakura • The Book of Tea (Unexpurgated Start Publishing LLC)
Jiro, like Yukio Shakunaga, begins his work at “the source.” He goes to the fish market to find the best tuna; Shakunaga goes to the mountains to find the best porcelain. When they get down to work, both become one with the object they are creating. This unity with the object that they reach in a state of flow takes on special meaning in Japan, whe
... See moreFrancesc Miralles • Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life
