he read in the Philosophy of Tao as close he would tread to religion
that Oriental yup
Oriental as Oriental is to
Occidental Edward Said that Oriental musicians learn music not by
reading notes but by listening to their teachers playing get the feeling of it which allows her or him to acquire rhythmic and tonal sophistications sounded
like jazz to him
Tao
refers to this as the peripheral mind
the peripheral mind he called his periferal
is used for “knowledge of reality”
Tao concerns itself with
unconventional knowledge
where the fuck was that when he was a kid growing up beating his brains
out in school
Tao is understanding life directly instead of in the abstract refreshing lessons were abstractions
instead of the linear terms of representational thinking
Tao seeks to restore and develop
the original spontaneity termed “Tzu-Jan” self-so-ness
Shit had he known then Tao would have been so
liberating
free of convention not spurning
it but not to be deceived by it to use
it as an instrument instead of being used by it
Well Wha
the fuck
Oriental
to Occidental he couldnt help but wonder
if this also wasnt race though to be
sure his parents hadnt a clue when he mentioned Taoism to them
2339, Monday,
3 2. 92
1516, Monday,
22 3. 21
Don Cherry Orient https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPmxnQiYgoc
