DISCOVERED:
A lost section of the Tao Te Ching
March 2nd, 2014 | by msalt
What is below is soil, but we call it ‘earth’. What is above is vapor, but we call it ‘heaven’. [&hellip
March 2nd, 2014 | by msalt
What is below is soil, but we call it ‘earth’. What is above is vapor, but we call it ‘heaven’. [&hellip
February 18th, 2014 | by msalt
It’s not cool to rhyme any more, even in poetry. (Songs still get an exemption for some reason.) So it’s [&hellip
July 15th, 2013 | by msalt
NOTE: This post is based on my misreading of an ambiguous New York Times article, as Scott Barnwell notes in [&hellip
July 13th, 2013 | by msalt
Continuing this series about a great blue song in its various incarnations. The first example was an unreleased 1968 Rolling [&hellip
May 6th, 2013 | by msalt
I’m a huge fan of football coach Chip Kelly, who left just his first-ever head coaching job (for the University [&hellip
April 25th, 2013 | by msalt
Young comedian Tig Notaro survived a well-publicized battle with cancer last year, and appeared on the Conan O’Brien show to [&hellip
April 22nd, 2013 | by msalt
I seem to be on a music kick lately, for no particular reason, except that it suits this website super [&hellip
March 13th, 2013 | by msalt
There’s a stereotype of philosophical people in general, and Daoists in particular, as cold, cerebral, aloof, heartless. It’s easy to [&hellip
February 23rd, 2013 | by msalt
Back in October, Donald Sturgeon posted a provocative essay to Warp, Weft and Way, a top-notch academic blog of Eastern [&hellip
February 18th, 2013 | by msalt
Daoist philosophers emphasize doing things for their own sake, not seeking fame or glory. By that standard, Vivian Maier was [&hellip