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From: lonewolf <lonewolf@utkux.utcc.utk.edu>
To: moq_discuss@moq.org <moq_discuss@moq.org>
Date: Friday, October 23, 1998 12:36 PM
Subject: MD Dynamic quality (2)
hi again donny:
you quoted from the new book:
. "True beauty in
Tea cannot lie in either the perfect nor the imperfect, but must lie in a
realm where such distinctions have ceased to exist, where the imperfect is
identified w/ [ie. identical to] the perfect." (Yanagi)
The pine block [a Korean craftsman had set on a lathe] was so fresh that
turning it made a wet spray, which gave off a scent of resin. This
perplexed me very much because it is against all common sense in lathe
work. So I asked the artisan, "Why do you use such green material? Cracks
will come out pretty soon!"
"What does it matter?" hwas his calm answer. I was amazed by this
Zen monklike responce. I felt sweat on my forhead. Yet I dared to ask him,
"How can you use something that leaks?" "Just mend it", was his simple
answer.
W/ amazement I discovered that they mend them so artistically and
beuatifully that the cracked piece seemes better than the perfect one.
i say:
This is very true. i know by experience that many times coping with what
seemed a mistake turned out more beautiful than what was originally planned.
it is a serendipitous occurrence. but i had never thought of allowing it to
occur by happenstance. i only reacted after the mistake was made and made
the best of it. i see what Yanagi means now.
you also added:
So
they do not mind whether it crackes or not. Our common sense is of no use
for Koreans at all. They live in a world of "thusness", not of "must or
must not
this world of "Thou" is also alluded to by Joseph Campbell. it is a
different psychology when one sees the world as a "Thou" instead of an "it".
you continued:
Buddhist *do* frequently use the word *muge* -- literally "liberation," but
what they are liberated from is duality. static.
is there a distinction between liberation and freedom?
in conclusion you quoted:
Finnaly, w/ regards to time, Yanagi writes: "All art movements tend to
pursuit
of novelty, but the true esence of beauty can exist only where the
distinction
between the new and old has been eliminated."
i muse:
it is so hard to stop thinking in a opposites. i try and try and its
impossible, it seems. when i think DQ is the true essence of beauty because
its always new. im trapped into dualistic thinking because consequently
there has to be an old. maybe our brains are programmed to think this way?
how can it be stopped even if only for a little while?
could the answer lie in our experience of time? since time occurs linearly
for us, it is only natural to think of before and after. if we existed in a
timeless reality then all dualistic thinking would stop!
Lithien
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