by Lilith Ohan | Nov 20, 2014 | Blog, Sumi-e, TAO Teaching for Artists
Verse 20* Cease learning, no more worries Respectful response and scornful response How much is the difference? Goodness and evil How much do they differ? What the people fear, I cannot be unafraid So desolate! How limitless it is! The people are excited As if...
by Lilith Ohan | Nov 6, 2014 | Blog, TAO Teaching for Artists
Verse 19* End sagacity; abandon knowledge The people benefit a hundred times End benevolence; abandon righteousness The people return to piety and charity End cunning; discard profit Bandits and thieves no longer exist These three things are superficial and...
by Lilith Ohan | Oct 31, 2014 | Blog, Thoughts on Art
Well it is almost three years that I am blogging. Initially it was one entry a month….and it would take me almost a whole month to write it. I have always thought that my means of expression is only visual and that words have no room in this visual...
by Lilith Ohan | Oct 24, 2014 | Blog, TAO Teaching for Artists
Verse 18* The great Tao fades away There is benevolence and justice Intelligence comes forth There is great deception The six relations are not harmonious There is filial piety and kind affection The country is in confused chaos There are loyal ministers This verse...
by Lilith Ohan | Oct 10, 2014 | Blog, TAO Teaching for Artists
Verse 17 The highest rulers, people do not know they have them The next level, people love them and praise them The next level, people fear them The next level, people despise them If the rulers’ trust is insufficient Have no trust in them Proceeding calmly,...
by Lilith Ohan | Oct 3, 2014 | Blog, Learn SUMI-E, Thoughts on Art
I remember when I was a student learning Sumi-e. Having former education in Fine Arts; Western approach, aesthetics and of course the mentality, I was eager to understand, to figure out things and had many questions. My Japanese teacher’s (Tomoko Kodama)...
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