Ai Weiwei Exhibition
Actuary, I went to the Fortnum & Mason again with different
lens (or hole ?) — Then, I just crossed the street to other side,
to the Royal Academy = where happen to have an exhibition
of Chinese artist Ai Weiwei.
Academy’s courtyard having trees or re-assembled dead wood.
It was an utterly odd view. Those trees were not in the original
shape nor well composed big “Ikebana” but the standing mess.
I wondered what’s going on the inside.
(Photo above = tons of building steel rod were piled up on the floor
=Ai Weiwei is not good to make the things by himself but to
organize the workers to do the job.)
I’m not a fun of Ai Weiwei.
I can see he is trying hard to MAKE something “looks like an ART”.
= in other words, he was not a born artist = so that, to squeeze the
brain to manufacture the piece, not spontaneously creates a shape.
Hence, the piece wouldn’t hit our emotion but just boggle the mind.
= So, the art critics needs to write about those “Boggle” = keeping
them busy and the art-media flourish. — The good art will hit the
viewer’s subconscious direct = no need of explanation nor critics’
blah blah. 😀
So, those were the pieces made out of the pretext of the earthquake
= the list of the dead (Left) and the debris (right).
— did such big disaster inspire him only those ? If I were him, I
would have put a school text book or a bunch of hair between the
debris = bad taste but such straight visual signal will hit the
subconscious of the viewers direct, without needs of blah blah.
Photo left showing “a chair IS a part of a tree” = I know,
a chair used to be a tree. = So what ?
And the photo right = nicely made cabinet having holes =
spoiling the effort and saying a twist = again So, what =
What a cheap idea. Can’t you conceive anything better ?
Yet again like the words of a second class art school
teacher = “Make a thing out of norm/Break a stereotype”.
TV camera (or that kind of shape) was made by plastic.
Chinese has been making so many utterly inconceivable
products such as fake eggs, fake protein (melamine) in
the milk etc etc = Ai Weiwei should learn from them if he
want to impress us with the eye-opening incredible idea !
Something scribble ? — or repeated print covering whole wall.
He might have thought = highly technical idea — a piece using
the reflection of acril plastic. = Yes I can see its funny reflection.
So, what ? A bit strange doesn’t mean “Impressive” 🙂
Everyday’s objects made out expensive jade.
Handcuffs made out of plastic. Useless and out of norm again.
(Chinese kid’s toy Handcuffs were all made by plastic ) ?
Fabricated trees in the room — not impressive though, they
still showed a kind of fun-full free structure he must have
enjoyed like a game. So, I liked this piece.
Thousands white plastic pieces covering the floor and one
baby buggy (= somewhat impressive fine work)
— is this related to the Chinese Scandal / billion of forcibly
aborted fetus by the “one child policy” ? (I only guess =
I didn’t get any information or bought an exhibition catalog.
= In my policy, I SEE the piece, not study it by the words.)
In this room, and the confined small box explaining what
Ai Weiwei himself has been subjected by the So-Called
Authority’s tenacious interrogation = kind of torture/
intimidation/suppression.
This is not an art but just an indictment.= may have a
political meaning still, visually boring exhibit. Not impressed.
So far, this must be the most impressive piece in this exhibition.
May be it was just a coincidence = still, how bizarre.
On this occasion, I had only Concentric-Double-Dencity Pinhole
intended to use for F&M Window shooting, which was not best
suits for this subject still, I think it wasn’t too bad.
—– If you want to see more info’ or clear images please
search in the net or go to the exhibition yourself. = don’t ask me.
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8150 — Ha-I-Go-Rey 背後霊(?) again!
To renew my passport, I went to the Japanese Consulate and
obtained an application form. — M m m m ! Gosh, 8150 again.
This number is like Big Brother, where ever I go, it’s follows me,
or stalks me. = It might be Guardian Angel
or the Guardian Spirit Behind as the word Haigorey mean.
Maybe, that’s why I don’t get ill or accident.
But, I couldn’t see a point for this = why for this time, what for ?
My Guardian may telling me “Be careful with this business” or
gave me an alert “It would have a heavy implication”.
Otherwise just reminded me “I’m still here, watching you”.
(Expecting to give me a piece of mind — or irritation ? ? ? )
—– the Consulate’s staff just picked a form and gave it to me =
so the serial number happen to be 518A6 must be purely random.
— Still the Question or problem is, why always this number comes ?
Who choreographed those coincidences = who is “WHO” Is it the
Karma or the Heaven/Dharma. ( —– otherwise, who could able to
foresee where I go next or what I pick-up next.)
— It’s definitely there, such as this IS actuary happening. Same as
the existence of Gravity. You can see it exists but nobody know WHY ?
Or is it still in my imagination ? = See, what happen next.
(So far nothing serious happened to myself (= nothing mean
good news ) but in somewhere, without me seeing (I noticed it
much later), such as someone was bankrupted or suddenly died
though whether it was because of the trouble with me or was it
just their own fate — I could only speculate.) Anyway, I can’t test
it — What IF the course was different. = If the man didn’t betrayed
me, could he still be alive? Or he died anyway with his own fate ?
Life is only once = never able to repeat it in different way.
And when mistake was made, has to pick-up its fruits. = no escape.
This is what the Cause and the Consequence really mean.
And, I don’t know how to ask “Stop 8150” to the Karma !
(So, I can’t test without it’s intervention = IF not —)
I’m doing what I need to do — and the Karma might be just
removing the obstacle on my pathway. I should be Grateful,
Lord Buddha IS walking with me. ( — I dare say. If I may.)
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PS : You might think it is a
very special heavy occurrence
though, in fact it is casually
happening almost everyday.
Photo left was a number on the
letter I received few days ago.
PPS : Now I became aware why there was a warning on the passport
business = it seems heckle a lot of trouble ahead = to receive my family
registration certificate from Japan, there is no way to send its fee,
because the International Reply Coupon is no longer available in UK.
— still,they insists it is the only mean we have to use.
— how can we ? It’s no longer exists here.
So, I needed to make a lots of Email exchange with Japanese officials
of which even a received time of the Email was 0815 ! 😦
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Fate and the Mentality
Few days ago in Japan, one of the busy commuter train breakdown due to
the safety mechanism in their over-head power cable. Stranded passengers
in the trains were lead to a nearby station, 20 minutes walk on the rail track.
(Japanese train takes the electric power from the over-head cable, not from
the side track, so that, without a danger of electrocution, it is safe to walk
on the track.) = All 5000 passengers were just walked in orderly manner and
no trouble was ever occurred.
When this news was reported on the Chinese News Paper, the Net users in
China responded with their astonishment saying such as “If this was happened
in China, within 5 minutes passengers started riot, smashing the windows etc”
“How 5000 Japanese could keep calm and quietly walk for 20 minutes long
without showing any anger or frustration !”
—– And the Japanese Net users responded to those Chinese thread saying
“It’s no point to make a riot and break the train because it would only cause
even more delay” “When all the people having the same fate, making trouble
wouldn’t get any situation better” “Anyhow, the company or school where
people will be late wouldn’t accuse them because it was like an act of God =
It was the fate anybody has to accept”.
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They are the two contrasting mentalities = in my view, each mentality
originated from the Chinese Taoism and the Japanese Buddhism.
I quite doubt, in China how many people ever read the Book of Taoism =
Tao Te Ching, still, most of them seemed to visit the temple to read their
fortune = by throwing two wooden sticks six times to find Yin and Yan’s
combination (It is in fact the Ai-Ching). The funny things were, they keep
doing it again and again until they receive good prediction. (=they would
not accept bad prediction !) In other words, Chinese doesn’t follow even
the will of God (or Heaven) or vend it by their Ego). (China has Confucius
and Buddhism as well though in mentality, they all got the same.)
—– in contrast, Japanese Buddhist is far more cool, or even cold,(may
be even Cynical) for not to have a passion for riot. 🙂 = since they know
the situation, what sort of the process would be needed to repair the
breakdown system etc well. They are far more rational to know
what they can do —– in fact, the situation IS telling them,
Just Walk. = So, they did.
This is the Mentality to accept and follow Dharma and the Karma (or Fate)
and the Wisdom or the Belief, that the end result would be better with this.
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What is MUSHIN ?
May be I’ve talked about this ten of the times if not hundred.
—– Still, I was asked the same question.
So, this is the most up-to-dated straight answer.
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It is a well known medical symptom among the Alzheimer patients
who lost the nerval connection to the Emotional region in the Brain
lost the recognition related to the SELF such as to recognize own
possessions even to distinguish the face of the own family.
So, Emotion judge the interest of OWN — in other words, this is the
center of EGO, Greed, Well being, Safety, Security, all those Instincts.
Of course, they are the key to the survival though, the total amount
of the signal/Data the brain has to deal is burst, so that there is a
rationalized economical saving was designed = coming data was
selected according to its importance.
The harmless insignificant data or repeating same data, are ignored.
We wouldn’t pay any attention to the same boring TV CM etc. and when
we do the repeating same work, we do automatic without Emotion. = In
deed, in such a case, the Motor Region of the brain would be programed
to do such routine work automatic, involving no Emotion at all.
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So, if we block the data/signal reaching Emotional region, we can do
the job automatic, without the Emotion. (= With highest efficiency !)
Without Emotion mean without the feeling of “Mine” = SELF —
because of no feeling of Ego, Self interest (mean, no envy, jealousy to
others), Own Greed, even No Cling to own Life, be free from the SELF.
This state of Mind mean, no need to cling the past, nor need to imagine
a dream= in other words, just see the world on front of the eyes as it is
Now, without having any Thinking.—– This eyes IS clear eyes.
And this state of Mind IS the “Mind of No-Mind” = Mushin.
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In order to acquire “block the Emotional process” Buddhists use
the long repeating practice for the brain to learn “How to
Opt-out the signal process” and DO the job (or Life) automatic.
(Like, you can branding “The matter” same as to the boring TV CM
and make it no longer recognized to be exists —
we know it’s still there though, it became a remote landscape.)
In certain extent, Zen Buddhism is very cool, even cold.
But, use this to live the life very hot is the other stage of Zen.
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PS : The Related Readings :
Clear the Deck for 2013 Reverse Engineering of Zen
Emotion / Meditation —– they are good to read. = It’s amazing
how Google Algorithm worked out to see the contents !
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Shake shake (2)
There was a very similar photo of this, taken by a completely different technique
in this blog. = It is interesting to see an image of the 3D movement (depth) in
that photo was still captured as a 2D spread (shift) of the element.
What ever the technique or accident created its image, the matter is how the image
boggle the mind. And what ever the origin of the image, some of them stuck and
remained in the depth of the mind very very long time.
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Not heal by Buddhism ? ! 仏道からの癒し－－－それともコーヒー？
彼岸寺といふ仏教サイトに面白い事が書かれていました。浄土宗の日下と言う僧侶が書いたもの
だそうですが，彼は何故か仏道に癒しが感じられない －－－むしろ一杯のコーヒーや家族に
癒されるとのこと。浄土宗では教えないのかも知れませんが元々の
釈尊の教えは「無私」ですからそもそもコーヒーを愛でる己れ，家族に愛着した己れどころか
対象としての仏教なるもの自体が存在しない。
－－－という現象を学ぶ為に仏教では延々と続く勤行を繰返し，それを無意識，無感情でする
（無私無心）訓練をする。＝無私無心でちゃんと生活が成り立つ ＝では誰が生きているのか？
＝ それが法 ／ ダルマであるのです。
己れにしがみつきながら，どこか彼方から 癒しが得られるのでは，と期待するのは
お門違いでは？？？
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In one of the Buddhist’s site “Higan-dera” in Japan, a monk called Kenyu Kusaka
wrote a short essay saying that he noticed that he is not feeling the heal from
Buddhism, but from coffee ! He was a Pure-land sect monk, so that expecting him
to have the understanding of what Buddhism IS, might be too much to ask.
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The core of the teachings of
Lord Buddha was, First, there IS no such thing like SELF (Atman) exists.
And to learn this truth, the followers practiced long repeated practice
until they could do it automatically (= without thinking) and without emotion
(= no-emotion / not having a feeling of SELF = hence realize No Existent of the Self )
Without knowing this teachings, the monk may still thinking that there IS the
subject called Buddhism and a person who is learning it.
No such things there or anywhere = if only a person doing the practice and the life
without having the SELF, what prevailed there IS the Dharma.
(= if the person IS NOT there, who is living there = That IS very Dharma)
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But a monk like Kusaka, clinging his SELF and attached to his family AND a cup of
COFFEE, Buddhism is too remote, yet wanting to feel a healing ? What he is asking ?
There is a big irony, —– as long as the person asking, never given, as long as
the person looking for, never find. = The EGO of want push the goal away.
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Phenomena
In the afternoon, I found a glowing rainbow in a corner of my room.
Obviously it was a sun spot though, — ? where it was reflected and
coming through ? —– So, I came to the spot to trace back the light
and found it came through a draftsman’s plastic ruler.
As its edge was angled, its transparent plastic worked as a good prism.
= and created good rainbow when it was hit by a sun beam.
We are living in a world of numerous physical phenomena
— not necessary we are aware or able to notice it, let alone understand
and able to explain why. Such as a burning fire, falling apple !, frozen
or boiling water, or how induction cooker, microwave cooker works etc.
Among them, a rainbow color must be the most loved by anybody.
Real Rainbow in the sky was created by the light reflected inside of the
water droplets of the mist or cloud. (half of Hi-viz bright tape works in
the same way = each minute grass beads reflect back the light —– other
half works as microscopic 90 degree roof mirror = reflect back the light
to the same direction where it come from = unidirectional light is bright.
When the light travel through such as in the grass or any transparent
material, the light bend a “bit”. How much the “bit” was depend on the
color of the light. —– Color ?
You may think the sun light is white but you are seeing the mixed light of
rainbow color. There is NO white light in the world. So that a white LED
is in fact a Blue LED covered with yellowish fluorescent pigments — its
different mixture makes warmer white or cool white, even pink LED. 🙂
— Any how, each colored light has different energy (hence even outside
of Violet = UV burns our skin) all depend on each wave length of the light.
= Red has longer wave length but Blue is short, Violet, UV is much shorter.
And even shorter wave was used in a Microwave cooker to heat up the food !
= We may not aware why we get sun-burn or the pasta was cooked, — still
those invisible phenomena configuring the world.
Rainbow is not just here to please our eyes. —– It makes us to wonder !
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A Japanese scientist, Prof. Kajita is going to receive this year’s Novel prize
for Physics for the discovery of that the sub-particle Neutrino has a mass.
—– So, what ? I never seen even a hint of such Neutri-something — though,
it’s said to be flying around everywhere ! — The phenomenon of this particle
was captured by the thousands of photo-detectors surrounding a pool of
50 thousand tons of pure water by detecting a trace of faint light created by
the passing particles. Dear dear dear, what a work and the toil.
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Karmic Encounter or just a Coincidence ?
From Japan, group of tourists are visiting northern India / Ladakh.
At the introduction meeting of one group, in a sheer coincidence,
two of the members found that they’ve got a common connection.
Both of them happen to be my old friend.
The guy was a younger member of our Alpine Club and the lady used to
work in the Uni’s Herbalium = a part of the Science Dept’ where I was
taking botanical photos and assisting their expeditions and field works.
So that, when I had my wedding party in the mountain hut, they were
invited and indeed, both of them were there — long time ago ! 🙂
—————— (Some photographs of Ladakh from my friend)
In practice, their encounter wouldn’t have any real implications to the
two and to myself —– still, it reminded me that I spent more time to deal
with Botanics in the Hervarium, than facing the Rock while I was in my Uni’.
= This fact seems crucial for me to stock-take my Life.
= It’s mean, I haven’t been in Ladakh, Himalaya, Patagonia etc etc, but what
I did for the Ogasawara Expedition left me more legacies, exactly like how
the life in the mountain shelter structured me, far more than the life in the
Alpine Club. (— sorry, I’ve gone too personal though, without having those
underline causes, Yoshizen couldn’t be existed as I am now. )
It explained well, Yoshizen was not a man sitting on the rock but kneeling
down and watching the flowers. — and I like this stance.
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It signified my approach to the Zen Buddhism. Unlike a kind of guru who rely on
the maze of mambo-jumbo (so-called spiritualism), but me to approach the Buddhism
from the factual observation with scientific, neurophysiological aspect was correct.
As the result, to see the Mushin as a fatigue of one’s mind and the No-self as
the jump-process or no-tagging of the Emotion. Those prosaic definition had no
glorious Mahayana like ornamentation though, have you ever read the words of
Lord Buddha with a mythical embellishment in the original Agama Sutra ?
Lord Buddha was a rational scientist, hence had no delusion or illusion.
So, the original teachings of Buddhism didn’t have any mambo-jumbo.
(In fact, there was an urgent needs to explain that there wouldn’t be any danger to
reborn to an animal or lower cast like as newly emerging “Hindu” preaches,
because everything exists in relation (Karma) to the others, when the body dies,
the soul dies too = nothing remain to reincarnates. This was what
Lord Buddha taught then, 2500 years ago. Anything else was a mix-up.)
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Still, this is the Zen
Seeing a scratch on the surface of the washing-up
bowl in my kitchen which I’ve been using since I have
started to live in this flat, I realised that the dirt or
stubborn coating on the surface of this plastic bowl
could be removed by just scouring hard. —– I was
thinking to remove such limescale mixed stubborn
dirt needs to use a strong chemical such as limescale
remover kind of acid.
—– There was the choices.
Throw away old bowl and buy new one.
Anyhow, it was only a couple of pound cheap item though, strangely
I couldn’t find the same shaped one in any shop.
Other choice was do nothing. = as it has been used 15 years, why not
another 15 years. — utterly lazy and sound hopeless though, to make
nothing happen is a kind of peaceful choice and cost nothing too.
One of the famous Japanese monk, Ryokan said to have one pail and
he used it for everything, to wash his foot to serve a rice. So, use one
bowl only for washing-up many many years wouldn’t make any crime.
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If I can clean it by just scouring, why not to try. = When a spoon edge
made a scratch, a scouring pad made by metal mesh should work well.
—- So, I did. (to the half extent) It IS a simple work = just scouring,
scouring and scouring. The more scour, bowl become the cleaner.
While scouring, I just scouring (=Mindfulness) = no thinking.(Mind is
in the Mushin / Void state.)
This is the Zen. —– soon or later, the bowl will get perfectly clean state.
Exactly the same process, the Japanese Sword was perfected. (Strangely,
we aim always the better — who asked ? or because of our nature/Dharma)
You may laugh though, the bowl which became clean is the equivalent
of the enlightened soul.
—– Yet another teachings may say, neither a bowl nor soul kind of
things was there in the first place, who get enlightened ?
Good question.
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