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inkjet transfer on turmeric-dyed t-shirt by Brian Stewart, 2013

Wu wei (simplified Chinese: 无为; traditional Chinese: 無為; pinyin: wúwéi) is an ancient Chinese concept literally meaning “inexertion”, “inaction”, or “effortless action”. Wu wei emerged in the Spring and Autumn period from Confucianism, to become an important concept in Chinese statecraft and Taoism. It was most commonly used to refer to an ideal form of government, including the behavior of the emperor. Describing a state of personal harmony, free-flowing spontaneity and savoir-faire, it generally also more properly denotes a state of spirit or mind.
<< Le Wu-Wei est une notion du taoïsme dont la traduction littérale pourrait être “non-agir” Mais cette traduction ne doit pas être entendue comme signe d’immobilisme ou de passivité. Il s’agirait plutôt d’une action sans force, d’un accord avec un sens naturel et originel. On trouve cette pensée clans le livre légendaire de Lao Tze – le dao-de-jing écrit au IV-ème siècle avant JC – qui présente l’un des fondements du taoïsme. C’est donc du fond des temps, et a priori loin des arts de la scène, que j’ai découvert une problématique qui réfléchit étrangement les recherches que j’effectue sur la notion de présence à travers les arts du cirque: considérer l’acteur de cirque comme un vecteur de forces physiques qui passent par lui. >>
Yoann Bourgeois, danseur français, 2012
ART EXHIBITION in Glasgow
An exhibition of paintings and drawings by Brian Stewart and
gum bichromate and screen prints by Robert Peacock
An exhibition of paintings and drawings by Brian Stewart and gum bichromate and screen prints by Robert Peacock was held at PARTICKHILL BOWLING AND COMMUNITY CLUB 46 PARTICKHILL ROAD, GLASGOW G11 5BY over the weekend Friday 21 April - Sunday 23rd April 2023. ___________________________________________________________________________ All proceeds were donated to charities: https://gangapremhospice.org/ https://www.trusselltrust.org/
see the Exhibition Catalogue April 2023
Blooming daffodils
Autistic Japanese Teenager
BBC Radio 4 Book of the week this week was a fascinating insight into the autistic world:
‘The Reason I Jump’ By Naoki Higashida, translated by David Mitchell and K.A. Yoshida.
It was striking how recognisable this world was, in a less exaggerated form, for most ‘normal’ people. There seemed much evidence of the impairment of left-right hemisphere co-operation, with swings between the problem of total presentation (right-brain perception) and typical left-brain obsessions with regularities, symbols and unchanging models (representations).
You MUST sing
Singing helps you develop musical thought, and musical thought is essential for beautiful playing. You should always be singing while you play, at least in your head. I forgot to mention in the video that if you are struggling to focus while you play (especially if you are having memory slips), make sure the singing voice in your head drowns out the self-doubting and/or “What should I make for dinner?” voice.
Abigail McHugh-Grifa Published on Jan 31, 2013