Dichotomy of "mythic imagination" rooted in the unconscious versus "logical thought" rooted in the conscious

Also, see this as a reading of "chaos versus order". See, for example, Apollonian and Dionysian theory or Confucius order and Lao Tzu chaos (with respect to wu-wei). In PKM, this would correlate to the gardener vs architect archetypes.

05:00 fighting against biology (chronotypew)

• see notes on forcing and resistance

08:00 True mastery lies in flow, where action is not forced (Musashi on flow)

09:00 harmonising mind, body, and universe, as way to reach flow & detachment

• see zk on following natural interest, our following the quickening of the spirit, as a process of understanding and harmony

43:00 starting war

• see zk on Wu Wei (and try to rhyme these)

01:46 samurai ryu (ryu = flow)

Feeling everything, no resistance, reminds me of wu wei

26:00 being friendly to present moment is Wu Wei

(linking eckhart his teachings to flow)

thinking process when writing had to be inspired (by something deeper)

• see only writing what comes natural, following natural movements, wu wei

• 20:47 Only creating out of flow a problem for people; “how often, or can we even, get there” (good market research)
• 24:17 you can’t force the process of creativity (exactly, Wu Wei)

• Wu wei as not forcing
• Lao Tzu: man who isn’t conscious of his superior virtue, is this virtuous
• Watts: Wu Wei as not intentional Wu Wei, and is thus Wu Wei
• Doing opposite of society is not spontaneity (you are trying)
• go back to your childhood, realise the grandness of the universe

• wu wei as not forcing

Last year, as artists in the Design Science Studio, Ilaria Forte and I were discussing a possible collaborative project called Plenum: A Collective Story of Regeneration. Rather than attempt to create a new narrative, we would collect and document the experiences of people who are experiencing the effortless action of nature’s systems in the process of regeneration.