I was digging into Stephen Mitchell’s The Second Book of the Dao one day back in January (over a lovely Red Snapper Soup @ Granville Island) when a passage in the second chapter inspired the following poem.
War Prayers ~ Mark Twain and Lao Tse on the artlessness of war
The second book of The Way ~ Stephen Mitchell illuminates the Tao again.
Jason Bourne and identity — who am I?
We’re too good to be this political ~ Be the change you want to see in the world
Desert Dragstrip ~ Zen and the Art of Observation at any Speed
In 1974, Robert M. Pirsig published Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, an extraordinary book about an extraordinary journey. The bit about touring around the U.S.A. on a motorcyle is good too. This book captivated me in my early 20s. The mystical philosophy of ‘goodness’ Pirsig explores fascinates me. […]
Get Miles Away to find your way home ~ Gomez, Thomas Moore and Tristan
3 Things I Learned About Rejection By Being Accepted ~ A Traveller’s Tale
The Dao de Jing ~ The transformational quality of seeing the beauty in all things.
The Fool’s day in April
April is my month of the extraordinary. In April 1991, I took the first job I was offered after having been unceremoniously fired by my previous employer. A year later, I’d had enough of the computing industry and was poised to quit that job…when Microsoft bought the company I was […]