Under heaven all can see beauty as beauty only because there is ugliness All can know good as good only because there is evil. The highest good is like water. Water gives life to the ten thousand things and does not strive. It flows in places people reject and so is like the Tao. Better…
Category: interests
walks in boulder, colorado
Today was a great day to go walking in Boulder. 2 walks – morning and afternoon! “Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky” — Rabindranath Tagore “To the complaint, ‘There are no people in these photographs,’ I respond, There are…
the lines of my hand – robert frank
A sad retrospective on the work and life of Robert Frank, one of my favorite photographers. Unlike “Americans” which is an uplifting and intriguing collection, this book draws you in and leaves you depressed at the end. I think the photographs parallel the difficulties he had in his life with the deaths of his daughter…
the poetry of zen – sam hamill & jp seaton
Excellent compilation of Chinese and Japanese Zen poems. Some examples: I stand here and watch the people of this world: all against one and one against all, angry, arguing, plotting and scheming. Then one day, suddenly, they die. And each gets one plot of ground: four feet wide, six feet long. If you can scheme…
leonardo da vinci
Excellent exhibition about this original renaissance man at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science. Why is it that in the 1500s there were a lot more of these superhumans than there are today. 2 causes come to mind – specialization and lack of boredom. We have become too specialized in today’s society “an expert…
hour of the wolf – paul lipton
Paul is a retired attorney and lives in Boulder, CO. This is his first book. His second book – “these five breaths” talks about assessing relationships at the end of life. Hour of the wolf is about his mind howling in the darkness at 2 AM. His parents died young. As he approached his 50s…
karma yoga – bhagvad gita
You have the right to work, but never to the fruit of work. You should never engage in action for the sake of reward, nor should you long for inaction. Perform work in this world, Arjuna, as a man established within himself – without selfish attachments, and alike in success and defeat. For yoga is…
you start dying slowly – martha medeiros
You start dying slowlyif you do not travel,if you do not read,If you do not listen to the sounds of life,If you do not appreciate yourself. You start dying slowlyWhen you kill your self-esteem;When you do not let others help you. You start dying slowlyIf you become a slave of your habits,Walking everyday on the…
ekla chalo re (walk alone) – rabindranath tagore
If they answer not to your call walk aloneIf they are afraid and cower mutely facing the wall,O thou unlucky one,Open your mind and speak out alone.If they turn away, and desert you when crossing the wilderness,O thou unlucky one,Trample the thorns under thy tread,And along the blood-lined track travel alone.If they shut doors and…
the best – lao tzu
The best, like water,Benefit all and do not compete.They dwell in lowly spots that everyone else scorns.Putting others before themselves,They find themselves in the foremost placeAnd come very near to The Tao.In their dwelling, they love the Earth;In their heart, they love what is deep;In personal relationships, they love kindness;In their words, they love truth.In…