Taoism art

Recently, I was invited to join an expedition to the Bermuda Triangle. I declined because of other commitments, but “the crew that never rests” (Sir Walter Scott’s name for the Intelligence – or idiocies – who keep pestering us with this kind of phenomenon) refused to let me off the hook that easily. A few days after the expedition left, I turned on the television and caught an advertisement for the new film, Airport 77. The advertisement began with an actor shouting “Flight 23 is down in…

Blog by landscape and travel photographer Bruce Percy. This blog is about the art of landscape and travel photography.

The history of Taoism is an interweaving of historical events and the transmission of the internal experience that its practices reveal.

Chinese art

22 Questions on Taoism — Taoist Sanctuary of San Diego

An exploration of verse 42 of Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching (aka Daode Jing) - inspired by the English translation and commentary by Hu Xuezhi.

A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent upon arriving. A good artist lets his intuition lead him wherever it wants. A good scientist has freed himself of concepts and keeps his mind open to what is. Thus the Master is available to all people and doesn't reject anyone. He is ready to use all situations and doesn't waste anything. This is called embodying the light. ~ Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu, Ch. 27, as interpreted by Stephen Mitchell (1992) Art by ET

Laozi was an ancient Chinese philosopher, author of the Tao Te Ching, founder of philosophical Taoism, and a deity in religious Taoism. The Tao (道) is the source, pattern and substance of everything that exists, and Taoism teaches about achieving perfection by becoming one with the universe. Tao ethics generally emphasize “wu wei” (action without intention), naturalness, simplicity, spontaneity and the Three Treasures: “慈” (compassion), “儉” (frugality), and “不敢為天下先” (humility).