The Paradox of Line Drawing: A line drawing contains no artifice because every element that makes up the whole is plain to see: It reveals the process of its own creation. At the same time, a line drawing is entirely artificial because in reality those lines do not exist.
'The purpose of looking is to survive, to cope, to manipulate, to discern what is useful, agreeable or threatening to the Me, what enhances or diminishes the Me. This we are trained to do from our first day......When on the other hand I SEE - suddenly I am all eyes, I forget this ME, am liberated from it and dive into the reality of what confronts me, become part of it, participate in it. I no longer label and choose.'
Frederick Frank, The Zen of Seeing
'When there is an object of thought in mind, discrimination and thoughts will arise. Thus it is known as the Existent Mind...The Existent Mind is the same as the Confused Mind.'
Takuan Soho, The Mysterious Record of Immovable Wisdom
'When I have a bamboo sword most suited to my personal taste in respect of weight, formation, tone etc., I can enter more readily into a state of identity where my body and the sword I hold become one. It goes without saying that as soon as one cherishes the thought of winning the contest or displaying one's skill in technique, swordsmanship is doomed. When all these thoughts are done away with, including also the idea of the body, one can realize the state of oneness in which you are the sword and the sword is you - for there is no more distinction between the two. This is what is known as the psychology of muga ('no-ego' or 'no-mind'). This perhaps corresponds to what Buddhism calls the state of emptiness.'
Takano Shigeyoshi
'The purpose of looking is to survive, to cope, to manipulate, to discern what is useful, agreeable or threatening to the Me, what enhances or diminishes the Me. This we are trained to do from our first day......When on the other hand I SEE - suddenly I am all eyes, I forget this ME, am liberated from it and dive into the reality of what confronts me, become part of it, participate in it. I no longer label and choose.'
Frederick Frank, The Zen of Seeing
'When there is an object of thought in mind, discrimination and thoughts will arise. Thus it is known as the Existent Mind...The Existent Mind is the same as the Confused Mind.'
Takuan Soho, The Mysterious Record of Immovable Wisdom
'When I have a bamboo sword most suited to my personal taste in respect of weight, formation, tone etc., I can enter more readily into a state of identity where my body and the sword I hold become one. It goes without saying that as soon as one cherishes the thought of winning the contest or displaying one's skill in technique, swordsmanship is doomed. When all these thoughts are done away with, including also the idea of the body, one can realize the state of oneness in which you are the sword and the sword is you - for there is no more distinction between the two. This is what is known as the psychology of muga ('no-ego' or 'no-mind'). This perhaps corresponds to what Buddhism calls the state of emptiness.'
Takano Shigeyoshi