Moving on.. Oh yes ice cream. One it add to the hips and two, its frozen. There isn't much wiggle room between you and that spoon, not that I would like to wiggle while eating ice cream (only on special occasions). Needless to say what a mess. The only saving grace is that it tastes amazing. mmmmmmmmmmm.....
What on the follies of writing a paper. I couldn't get to sleep last night for it was driving me up the wall for what I could say, how I should say it etc. Positively diabolical. ugh.. can you tell I am putting off writing right now? Since that inspiration has conveniently flown the coop.
Time to put the ice cream away and stop stalling. Ugh... well the quarters almost over at least.
Oh and I bought my books today!!! (no worries mom, it was covered by my reselling book money and I kept my receipt.) I think I shall list the titles for you:
Religions of East Asia 3rd ed. -- (many authors)
Tao Te Ching -- Lao Tsu (translated by Gia-Fu Feng and Jane English --good irony there)
The Teachings of the Compassionate Buddha -- E.A. Burtt
The I Ching or Book of Changes -- Brian Browne Walker
The Longman Antholog: BRITISH LITERATURE --volumes A&B --(many more authors.)
4 comments:
Good Job Whitney on the selling of your old books to get your new books...you paint a funny picture for me of you sitting in bed,hunkered down with your ice-cream. I liked your essay very much, Tyler had some excellent points and I know you will make some changes and the essay will be even better...you are becoming a very good writer my love. Mailed Reme's Easter Basket yesterday, going to shop during lunch for Easter goodies, really looking forward to Easter this year with the family, scrapbooking taking more pictures! Love you sweetheart.
Mom
what flavor?
Whit,
Thank you for the appreciation. I only hope that my observations are truly helpful.
The Tao Te Ching is one of my favorite pieces of literature in all the world, one of the few utterly profound works I have read over and over again, always keeping a copy near me (some others...Meditations by Marcus Aurelius, The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran...). Its words are few, its insights many. Like gazing deep into Nietzsche's abyss, the more you read the Tao, the more it reads you.
You may find it helpful to consult the work of Alan Watts, a Western writer who's understanding of Eastern philosophy is uncanny. Works such as What is Tao? and The Way of Zen are most enlightening.
Hope you enjoy the course. I look forward to hearing about it.
Tyler
Whit,
A thought on writing the truth. Came across this today in my reading while at the coffee shop.
"And I think I want to make it clear that true things quite often do not sound true unless they are made to. Maybe there should be an essay about this. You open the morning paper and you will find a dozen stories of people who have done things which are not true to you because they are not in your experience. Yesterday a grown boy killed both his parents because they would not let him use the car. You accept that but put it in a story and you would have to use every art to make it acceptable."
--John Steinbeck
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