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Department of Anthropology University of Pittsburgh
Art of Late Antiquity and Amazonian Art as "Primitive Art".
Comparison of Japanese Art to Amazonian Art
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Swanson Lecture 1, Key Buddhist Ideas (for Interpreting Japanese Art)
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Swanson Lecture 2, Japanese Aesthetics: Ingredients of Zen Beauty
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Robert Epstein, The Empty Brain . We read this in week 1 because the idea of the IT metaphor Epstein presents in order to argue against it is something that follows from the myth of the blueprint. The alternative "Empty Brain" he argues for is much closer to the Buddhist idea of the self. I repost it here so that it can be a part of the continuing dialogue.
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Scientists say your mind Is not confined to your brain or even your body.
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Byung-Chul Han, "The Copy is the Original" . Why, in China and Japan, a copy is just as good as an original – Byung-Chul Han | Aeon Essays. In China and Japan, temples may be rebuilt and ancient warriors cast again. There is nothing sacred about the ‘original’
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Scientists say your mind Is not confined to your brain or even your body.
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Mono no aware gone wrong CNN video of Japanese theme park that froze 5000 fish into an ice rink to capture the pathos of nature.
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As an expression of compassion Chinese Buddhists release tons of fish . All religions have weaknesses that are the downside of their strength. In this video and the next Buddhist are seen releasing fish as a ritual of compassion or what the Japanese might call a recognition of mono no aware. But does it really help the fish or the environment?
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Another mono no aware gesture a little off. Only in Japan- President Trump and Prime Minister Abe take a state moment to remember the suffering of nature and feed the fish.
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Byung-Chul Han, "The Copy is the Original" . Why, in China and Japan, a copy is just as good as an original – Byung-Chul Han | Aeon Essays. In China and Japan, temples may be rebuilt and ancient warriors cast again. There is nothing sacred about the ‘original’
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Korean Temple Food Video that illustrates how the preparing and eating of simple food forms part of the Buddhist lifestyle of slowing down and paying attention to what is around you rather than craving things that are out of season.
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Water harp 'suikinkutsu' at Taizoin Temple, Myoshinji, Kyoto
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Scientists say your mind Is not confined to your brain or even your body. Short article on the mind helpful for understanding the Buddhist view of the co-originated self.
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An Ancient Virus May Be Responsible for Human Consciousness. (How would this work as an example of co-origination?)
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Robert Epstein, The Empty Brain . We read this in week 1 because the idea of the IT metaphor Epstein presents in order to argue against it is something that follows from the myth of the blueprint. The alternative "Empty Brain" he argues for is much closer to the Buddhist idea of the self. I repost it here so that it can be a part of the continuing dialogue.
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Explore a beautiful Chinese scroll through this immersive video! The painting depicts the forest near Mount Baiyue (now Mount Qiyun) in Anhui province in the east of China. The composition unfolds layer upon layer through multiple perspectives, and was made in 1623 by Chinese artist Xiang Shengmo.
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Swanson Lecture 1, Key Buddhist Ideas (for Interpreting Japanese Art)
Comparison of Haiku to Indigenous verbal art
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Bélgica Dagua, "How an Unwanted Man Became the Spirit-Eye Tree." (Video recorded and edited by Tod Swanson) . This one of the key stories used in "Looking Like the Land" above.
Write a paragraph analyzing the meaning of a specific mukaja.
Free Day. No classes.
Looking Like the Land (Sound, Taste, Sight, Smell)
The story of Wituk and Manduru/ Paint faces
Kichwa poetry
Design as personal history-objects as extensions of the body
Llaki and empathy in Kichwa art.
Hike in the forest to study patterns
Biography of the artists
Biography of the artists
Final. Course wind up.
Travel to the airport
Story of Kingu, Iluku, and the Moon. Discussion.
Friday June 7 Basso, Speaking with names. Interview Belgica and Eulodia on the designs of a mukaja and