Neil December 18th, 2009
TAO 8
The highest form of goodness is like water.
Water knows how to benefit all things without striving with them.
It stays in places loathed by all men.
Therefore, it comes near the Tao.
In choosing your dwelling, know how to keep the ground.
In cultivating your mind, know how to dive in the hidden deeps.
In dealing with others, know how to be gentle and kind.
In speaking, know how to keep your words.
In governing, know how to maintain order.
In transacting business, know how to be efficient.
In making a move, know how to choose the right moment.
If you do not strive with others,
You will be free from blame.
Pocket Classic Tao Te Ching
Lao Tzu, John C.H. Wu
Neil September 16th, 2009
The best of man is like water,
Which benefits all things, and does not contend with them,
Which flows in places that others disdain,
Where it is in harmony with the Way.
So the sage:
Lives within nature,
Thinks within the deep,
Gives within impartiality,
Speaks within trust,
Governs within order,
Crafts within ability,
Acts within opportunity.
He does not contend, and none contend against him.
Tao 8
Neil June 9th, 2009
Trying to control the world?
I see you won’t succeed.
T’ien hsia shen ch’i
The world is a spiritual vessel
And cannot be controlled.
Those who control, fail.
Those who grasp, loose.
Some go forth, some are led,
Some weep, some blow flutes,
Some beceome strong, some superfluous,
Some oppress, some are destroyed.
Therefore the sage
Casts off extremes,
Casts off excess,
Casts off extravagance.
- TAO TE CHING by Lao-Tzu Translated by Stephen Addiss, Stanley Lombardo
Neil June 4th, 2009
“The artist’s language is a sensual one, a language of felt experience. When we work at our art, we dip into the well of our experience and scoop our images. Because we do this, we need to learn how to put images back.”
Neil June 1st, 2009
“Stop telling yourself that creativity is a luxury and that you should be greatful for what you’ve got.”
“Creativity is a fact of your spiritual body and nothing that you must invent.”
The Artist’s Way - Julia Cameron
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Neil April 18th, 2009
Vintage Pinup and Boudoir Retouching
tutorial is sponsored by the generously donated pinup images of Kelly @ Bay Area Pinups
This is some of the fun vintage effects achieved with the Vintage packages, video guide after the jump:
…illuminate your understanding with more…
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Neil April 2nd, 2009
“Have faith in the photograph you want to make…
…and wait for it.”
- Ben Chrisman
Neil March 18th, 2009
What lies still is easy to grasp;
What lies far off is easy to anticipate;
What is brittle is easy to shatter;
What is small is easy to disperse.
Yet a tree broader than a man can
embrace is born of a tiny shoot;
A dam greater than a river can
overflow starts with a clod of earth;
A journey of a thousand miles begins at the spot under one’s feet.
Therefore deal with things before they happen;
Create order before there is confusion.
Tao Te Ching 64a
Neil March 13th, 2009
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Cultivate harmony within yourself, and harmony becomes real;
Cultivate harmony within your family, and harmony becomes fertile;
Cultivate harmony within your community, and harmony becomes abundant;
Cultivate harmony within your culture, and harmony becomes enduring;
Cultivate harmony within the world, and harmony becomes ubiquitous.
Live with a person to understand that person;
Live with a family to understand that family;
Live with a community to understand that community;
Live with a culture to understand that culture;
Live with the world to understand the world.
How can I live with the world?
By accepting.
Tao 54 – TaoTeChing.org
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