The Taoist notion of emptiness is one that never ceases to fascinate me and one that I have been able to apply to art analysis with awe-full results. Lao-ztu in the Tao Te Ching chapter 11 says its best.
We join spokes together in a wheel,
but it is the center hole
that makes the wagon move.
We shape [...]
Archive for March, 2009
Thoughts on the Not There
Posted in Poetry, tagged Lao-tzu, Tao Te Ching, Emptiness, Not There, Daoism, Taoism on March 31, 2009 | 1 Comment »
What crude experiment is this?
Posted in Painting, tagged 1768, Air, Experiment, Joseph Wright, Pump, War on March 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
What crude experiment is this?
Joseph Wright – 1768 – Experiment with an Air Pump
Who, and in what thrones, decide which lives are disposable? Look at how patiently this dove awaits its fate.
