fantastic - it’s got me thinking about the focus on emptiness and the Nothing being something of transcendent perfection. it appears to be passive/feminine (Yin), but in reality is beyond such. it is not passive, not really. it is all-giving in its emptiness; it is the ultimate mirror, but for all forms and functions in the absence of light.
i find that by channeling this quality, life opens up before one’s eyes. one almost becomes animal-like. i sometimes like to imagine stumbling upon alien life, non-sentient, and observing it with no prior knowledge or assumption. watching as they act in ways unfamiliar, dying to understand how they think. then i wonder, if aliens were to find our planet, how they would view us. perhaps it is more elegant, beautiful to act as we may without meddling and greed. i would certainly like to see that beauty in a foreign world.
fantastic - it’s got me thinking about the focus on emptiness and the Nothing being something of transcendent perfection. it appears to be passive/feminine (Yin), but in reality is beyond such. it is not passive, not really. it is all-giving in its emptiness; it is the ultimate mirror, but for all forms and functions in the absence of light.
i find that by channeling this quality, life opens up before one’s eyes. one almost becomes animal-like. i sometimes like to imagine stumbling upon alien life, non-sentient, and observing it with no prior knowledge or assumption. watching as they act in ways unfamiliar, dying to understand how they think. then i wonder, if aliens were to find our planet, how they would view us. perhaps it is more elegant, beautiful to act as we may without meddling and greed. i would certainly like to see that beauty in a foreign world.
have you seen Arrival (2016)? Probably the most interesting depiction of alien encounter I've seen.
of course! it’s one of my favorites. read the short story it’s based on, too. love the way it explores language and time.