Meer Tekens Van Leven, mijn interpretaties

De Tao in woord en beeld.
Zoals ik die in beelden verwerkte.

‘Tao Te Tjing’ is de titel van een bundel van 81 Chinese teksten.
Deze zijn een paar honderd jaar voor Christus opgeschreven.
Dan zijn ze al eeuwen doorverteld.

De teksten gaan over het oerprincipe van het leven en over het leven zelf.
Ze zijn compact, raadselachtig, van alle tijden, poëtisch en filosofisch.
Ze bevatten richtlijnen over hoe te leven in harmonie
en vanuit verbondenheid met het oerprincipe.
Tao Te Tjing betekent letterlijk:
het boek (Tjing), over de Tao en de innerlijke kracht (Te).

De Tao Te Ching is een van de drie bronboeken van het Taoïsme.
Het (Chinese) Taoïsme is verbonden met het (Indiase) Boeddhisme
en het (meer Japanse) Zen Boeddhisme.

Maart 2003 publiceerden fotograaf George Burggraaff en schrijver Roeland Schweitzer hun eerste Nederlandstalige Tao-tekst met foto op deze site. Mei 2005 verscheen de 81e en in september van dat jaar begonnen ze gerijpt aan de tweede cyclus. Momenteel zijn 61 teksten hertaald.


Aan de hand van deze teksten heb ik tot nu toe de 61 hertaalde teksten verwerkt in korte video's en gepubliceerd op Youtube. (Tao tekst 1, enzovoort). De teksten zijn met goedkeuring ontleend aan de site: www.tekensvanleven.nl.

Naast de publicatie via Youtube zijn de filmpjes te vinden via mijn aparte blog MeerTekensVanleven:
http://meertekensvanleven.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2011-05-05T18%3A55%3A00%2B02%3A00&max-results=5

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Nyiragongo Crater: Journey to the Center of the World

Nyiragongo Crater: Journey to the Center of the World
In June 2010, a team of scientists and intrepid explorers stepped onto the shore of the lava lake boiling in the depths of Nyiragongo Crater, in the heart of the Great Lakes region of Africa. The team had dreamed of this: walking on the shores of the world's largest lava lake. Members of the team had been dazzled since childhood by the images of the 1960 documentary "The Devil's Blast" by Haroun Tazieff, who was the first to reveal to the public the glowing red breakers crashing at the bottom of Nyiragongo crater. Photographer Olivier Grunewald was within a meter of the lake itself, giving us a unique glimpse of it's molten matter.

Christchurch earthquake

With hundreds still missing, and 75 already confirmed dead, rescuers struggled to find survivors on the second night after a devastating earthquake struck Christchurch, New Zealand's second largest city Tuesday. Buildings crumbled into the streets after the 6.3 magnitude earthquake, which geologists consider an aftershock to a 7.1 earthquake that caused no casualties in September. Tuesday’s temblor was more devastating and deadly because it was centered only six miles from the city's center and hit during the middle of a workday. The Government has declared a national state of emergency. Officials estimated there could be 100 people trapped in the CTV building alone.

Pakistan: daily life

The wire services regularly send images to their member papers that feature the phrase "daily life." They send them from such places as India, Thailand, Japan, China, the Philippines, Syria, Nepal, Britain, Afghanistan, and Pakistan. With the exception of just a couple, the images in this post feature daily life in Pakistan by Associated Press photographer Muhammed Muheisen. The images document what we might call in newspaper terminology, "slice of life" photography - ordinary daily scenes that give us a glimpse of something that we might not ordinarily be able to experience. The images, again with a few exceptions, focus on children. They are generally from Islamabad, Pakistan, or from a slum on the outskirts of the city. There wasn't much information or details supplied for captions. In this case, the adage "A picture is worth a thousand words" might just be the most apropos phrase. -- Paula Nelson, The Boston Globe

Art with little people

De Londense straatkunstenaar Slinkachu creëert miniatuurwerelden door kleine poppetjes in de grote wereld neer te zetten en te fotograferen. Na het fotograferen laat de kunstenaar zijn 'installaties' achter. Dus goed naar de grond kijken als u ooit nog in Londen rondloopt.

Cyclone Yasi: Queensland takes stock of damage

02032011 - Cairns appears to have been spared worst of biggest cyclone in living memory, but it wreaks havoc elsewhere
A trail of destruction was emerging across the far north Queensland this morning after the biggest cyclone in living memory came in off the sea at midnight local time.

Cyclone Yasi, a category 5 system, with winds up to 285 kms/hour passed directly over Mission Beach, a small coastal community with a population of about 1,000, 90 miles (160km) south of Cairns.



music: Ailein Duinn - Celtic Spirit.

A harrowing, historic week in Egypt

They have been days of chants and chaos, bloodshed mixed with moments of breathtaking solidarity between the protesters and the soldiers sent to subdue them. The flame of social unrest that first flickered in Tunisia has spread to Egypt, culminating with the announcement Tuesday by President Hosni Mubarak that after three decades in power, he would not run for another term. The clashes left government buildings in ashes, stores ransacked, and an economy teetering. Cairo's international airport teemed with Americans and other foreigners trying to flee; Egypt's tourism industry froze. At Cairo's Liberation Square, Mubarak's announcement was met with jeers and calls for an immediate resignation. Pro-Mubarak forces struck back, attacking the protesters in waves. The country of 80 million, rich in history but bereft of personal freedoms, awaits the next stage. Collected here are images from the last week focusing inside Egypt.



music: Your Latest Trick - Dire Straits