Ep. 14 – Aesthetics and Mystical Vision
Alan Watts Being in the Way
The Chinese Painter
The chinese make full use of the paper. We tend not to, especially in our more conventional style. If he drew a spray of bamboos on a rectangular surface, he would put them right over to one side and then he would vitalize the empty space. He might bring that out with a few hints,. just a single line, thin line, indicating a avelet, a ripple. Then at once that whole blank area is alive. A zen monk liked to paint by drinking lots of sake wine. And when he was sufficiently drunk, he would dangle his hair in ink and then slush it right downo n a strip of paper.
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