Friday, October 28, 2005

wu wei & wei wu wei (a note)

Wei wu-wei is how a master of any skill acts... It seems almost as though he himself is not there at all and the desired effect appears of itself, be he an American football player, a mediaeval shrine carver or a master musician, writer or poet.
Also the pen name of a VERY wicked Irish gentleman yclept Terence Gray, whose influence on British theatre and ballet is by no means unmarked. Websites concerning him may be found here:

http://www.weiwuwei.8k.com/

http://www.angelfire.com/realm/bodhisattva/weiwuwei.html

Definitions of 'doing without acting' can be found here:

http://www.jadedragon.com/archives/june98/tao.html

http://ccbs.ntu.edu.tw/FULLTEXT/JR-PHIL/loy3.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wu_wei

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