Comments on: [間] [空] [虚] Time, space, luck and the cosmic void

By: Wabisabi

Wabisabi — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 04:45:53 +0000

Noted with thanks.

By: ...

... — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 12:06:40 +0000

计白当黑 is not completely different from the idea of negative space. It’s a fundamental concept of (modern) graphic design, most of which I maintain owes a significant debt to Eastern art when it was imported as a curiosity.

By: goodyfun

goodyfun — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 07:03:10 +0000

I left out the detail of what I was talking about that an assertive personality type also played a part. I forget things a lot. orz

By: goodyfun

goodyfun — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 09:13:02 +0000

“This is the opposite of western painting where one gets the sense that the artist feels the itch to colour in every corner of a painting. The western mind sees completeness in reproducing the material world in painting.” …Except in minimalist painting.

I read a recent study about luck (I would put a link to it here if I could remember where I read it.). The results showed that people with a tendency to pay attention to details were luckier, and considered themselves lucky. So, I think another word for “luck” could be “assertiveness”.

By: Wabisabi

Wabisabi — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 00:58:41 +0000

animekritik:

Neither 虚 nor 空 carry negative connotations by themselves. It is only when they combine to form the word 空虚 (see above) that there is a negative connotation.

By: animekritik

animekritik — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 15:00:53 +0000

Prof. Wing Tsit-chan taught that Taoist 虚　has somewhat positive connotations, like peace of mind and freedom from obstructions, whereas Buddhist　空 emphasizes more, as you said, the emptiness of concepts. But even he makes clear that Buddhist “emptiness” is not ultimately a negative concept. To a large extent I think it’s a matter of perspective..