alanbwt on Nostr: “This is how I first became interested in Oriental philosophy and all that kind of ...

“This is how I first became interested in Oriental philosophy and all that kind of thing: I had an absolute fascination for Chinese and Japanese painting, the secular painting, the landscapes, the treatment of flowers, and grasses and bamboos. There was something about it that struck me as astonishing even though the subject matter was extremely ordinary.”

— Alan Watts, Buddhism as Dialogue