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6 Jul 2010 @ 10:51

ARTIST

Facing blank paper
Is an artist's terror.


When an artist creates, he or she is like a shaman. Inspiration
comes as a gift. Those who follow Tao are the same. Their awareness of
Tao is not something they have cleverly formulated, nor is it something
that they possess. Tao comes to them like a gift. That is why the arts
and Tao are so closely allied : The act of receiving and expressing is
the same.

Just as an artist dreads not being able to make art, so too does one
who follows Tao dread not feeling Tao.

There are many times when we are called upon to be creative : an
athlete on the field, a lecturer before an audience, a musician on
stage, a cook at the stove, a parent with a child. How do we keep the
channel open? Some people try by maintaining tidy and regular lives,
others by being constantly active. We are all different, and there is no
right or wrong. The only thing that counts is feeling Tao in your own
life and maintaining that feeling as much of the time as possible. If
you find those special things that are latent in you and learn to
express them, then you will know Tao.



365 Tao: Daily Meditations
Deng Ming-Dao


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