The Japanese Way of the Artist

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The Japanese Way of the Artist

Living the Japanese Arts & Ways, Brush Meditation, The Japanese Way of the Flower

by H.E. Davey

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arts-calligraphy, martial arts, tea ceremony, painting-and the spiritual meaning of such practice
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From chado — “the Way of tea” — to budo — “the martial Way” — Japan has succeeded in spiritualizing a number of classical arts. The names of these skills often end in Do, also pronounced Michi, meaning the “Way.” By studying a Way in detail, we discover vital principles that transcend the art and relate more broadly to the art of living itself ... . ... about discipline and spirituality, about moving from the particular to the universal.
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wabi
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