Comments on: Art (and Buddhism) don’t con you http://www.susanpiver.com/wordpress/2008/01/11/art-and-buddhism-dont-con-you/ Susan Piver - Meditation, Relationships, Creativity Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:23:08 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: Ben Tremblay http://www.susanpiver.com/wordpress/2008/01/11/art-and-buddhism-dont-con-you/#comment-511 Ben Tremblay Mon, 14 Jan 2008 02:11:06 +0000 http://www.susanpiver.com/wordpress/2008/01/11/art-and-buddhism-dont-con-you/#comment-511 *apologies if this is flooding* @Susan: <i>!Encantado, senora!</i> Carol: I'm just the tourist; it's the mountain that's breathtaking! But ... re: commission ... is it not those artists' authenticity that enables them to engage with "profound relaxation"? At the risk of seeming precious, the Vidyadhara explicated what I remember poorly as "3 confidences": See clearly; know what is; act with confidence. I suspect a lot of our drama is huh huh like peacocks fluttering their tails, or courtesans their fans, for whatever reason and on whatever pretext. *Ain't we luvable though?!* TD! p.s. I took the liberty of linking to my old Buddhist Resources page ... after 11 years it's still getting hits daily! *apologies if this is flooding*

@Susan: !Encantado, senora!

Carol: I’m just the tourist; it’s the mountain that’s breathtaking!

But … re: commission … is it not those artists’ authenticity that enables them to engage with “profound relaxation”?

At the risk of seeming precious, the Vidyadhara explicated what I remember poorly as “3 confidences”:
See clearly; know what is; act with confidence.

I suspect a lot of our drama is huh huh like peacocks fluttering their tails, or courtesans their fans, for whatever reason and on whatever pretext. *Ain’t we luvable though?!*

TD!

p.s. I took the liberty of linking to my old Buddhist Resources page … after 11 years it’s still getting hits daily!

]]> By: Carol Statella http://www.susanpiver.com/wordpress/2008/01/11/art-and-buddhism-dont-con-you/#comment-509 Carol Statella Sun, 13 Jan 2008 23:56:43 +0000 http://www.susanpiver.com/wordpress/2008/01/11/art-and-buddhism-dont-con-you/#comment-509 Ben, your comment left me kind of speechless and without thought, thank you. Always welcome. From a sonic perspective, yes--I can relate to hearing about "commissioned symphonic works" and inwardly making a note to steer clear. There are some really powerful exceptions though...John Adams and Joan Tower, both with profound and original expressive vocabularies, seem to take their commissions and FLY with them. Ben, your comment left me kind of speechless and without thought, thank you. Always welcome.

From a sonic perspective, yes–I can relate to hearing about “commissioned symphonic works” and inwardly making a note to steer clear. There are some really powerful exceptions though…John Adams and Joan Tower, both with profound and original expressive vocabularies, seem to take their commissions and FLY with them.

]]> By: susan http://www.susanpiver.com/wordpress/2008/01/11/art-and-buddhism-dont-con-you/#comment-508 susan Sun, 13 Jan 2008 23:24:12 +0000 http://www.susanpiver.com/wordpress/2008/01/11/art-and-buddhism-dont-con-you/#comment-508 Many thanks for links. And the excellent story. Your description of the Vidyadhara is so perfect. Perfect. Many thanks for links. And the excellent story. Your description of the Vidyadhara is so perfect. Perfect.

]]> By: Ben Tremblay http://www.susanpiver.com/wordpress/2008/01/11/art-and-buddhism-dont-con-you/#comment-507 Ben Tremblay Sun, 13 Jan 2008 23:02:49 +0000 http://www.susanpiver.com/wordpress/2008/01/11/art-and-buddhism-dont-con-you/#comment-507 I just had one of those in.real.time email exchanges that so dignifies things "cyber"; what began as a couple of good-humoured tweets (Twitter.com, for those who haven't wet their feet) unspooled quickly into a free-fall esssai on huh huh clutter and "too busy" and "too much to do". My interlocuter, a self-employed professional, tried to engage in a chat about home-brew beer while he was, in fact and actually, preparing a three continent junket. I /didn't/ slip in "Great project require profound relaxation", but that thinking in-formed my part of the conversation. At one point he talked about how he take care to turn the logic off. And that stunned me. In that gap I peeked at our legacy, our inheritance ... basic goodness and primordial wisdom ... what's to turn off?! Fortunately he and I share a rich vernacular so I just observed that non-linearity and dynamical balance remind us of the foundational logic of things. And I left it at that. His next email was 3 words: "Thanks. I appreciate that." And he was at ease with dropping it. Which I think is nice. All of this to seque from this lovely piece on the confidences through to a piece that demonstrates how the Vidyadhara was at once architect, engineer, and alpinist in his thoughfulness and preparedness ... with all the laziness of a big cat! :-) <a href="http://www.chronicleproject.com/slideshow/bt_pres/index.html" rel="nofollow">A slideshow</a> thanks to the ChronicleProject.com cheers ben [1] http://www.chronicleproject.com/slideshow/bt_pres/index.html I just had one of those in.real.time email exchanges that so dignifies things “cyber”; what began as a couple of good-humoured tweets (Twitter.com, for those who haven’t wet their feet) unspooled quickly into a free-fall esssai on huh huh clutter and “too busy” and “too much to do”.

My interlocuter, a self-employed professional, tried to engage in a chat about home-brew beer while he was, in fact and actually, preparing a three continent junket.

I /didn’t/ slip in “Great project require profound relaxation”, but that thinking in-formed my part of the conversation.

At one point he talked about how he take care to turn the logic off. And that stunned me. In that gap I peeked at our legacy, our inheritance … basic goodness and primordial wisdom … what’s to turn off?!

Fortunately he and I share a rich vernacular so I just observed that non-linearity and dynamical balance remind us of the foundational logic of things. And I left it at that. His next email was 3 words: “Thanks. I appreciate that.” And he was at ease with dropping it. Which I think is nice.

All of this to seque from this lovely piece on the confidences through to a piece that demonstrates how the Vidyadhara was at once architect, engineer, and alpinist in his thoughfulness and preparedness … with all the laziness of a big cat!
:-)

A slideshow thanks to the ChronicleProject.com

cheers
ben

[1] http://www.chronicleproject.com/slideshow/bt_pres/index.html

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