Books

Zen in the art of archery 
Eugen Herrigel

Just finished this book; some thoughts. It’s a good book it’s about a German philosophy professor who moves to Japan in the 1940s to teach philosophy at Tokyo University. He studies under a master how to excel (but fails a lot) in the art of archery.

It’s a good reminder about how Mastery of an art form is truly a spiritual practice ultimately even though the act in end of itself disappears under the doing. It’s also undoubtedly, not in a bad way, a western perspective of a Japanese art.

Someone that’s caught in the middle between these cultural spheres anywayit’s interesting to see it from a western perspective, and it makes me wonder about where I stand in all of this as well. It’s been sitting on my book shelf for years, I guess it was time to read it

It is also about Zen, and I think in an indirect way it’s a great introduction to it overall great book.

“The right art is purposeless, aimless!”

creating and destroying; flying cars, roc.camera, july.rocks

When people ask me what I do on Farcaster, this will be my new answer supported by Zen Master wisdom 💯