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Hey everyone, Happy Arbitrary New Year! Ring it in with Interdependence Project founder Ethan Nichtern in his first piece for The Worst Horse, just posted for you.
Just go to the Horse’s homepage: http://theworsthorse.net.
Thanks, and enjoy a low-res 2008.
Here is another practice tattoo I just got.
It is the Dharma Wheel, I got it to remind me of the Noble Eightfold Path. The artist is Conan Lea.
Thanks for sending it, Erin -- it's gorgeous. (And so is Lea's other work!)
In Lynch's newest film INLAND EMPIRE (he asks that it always be written in caps like that), there's a scene very much like the one we detailed in the beginning of our latest feature, "The Owls Are Not What They Seem: The Dharma of Twin Peaks' Dale Cooper."
In fact, it's just like it -- making the same Buddhist reference -- only in a super-condensed way.
And yes, we know Lynch isn't a Buddhist (he's a Transcendental Meditation practitioner) but he clearly has received at least a little inspiration from the Dharma.
And while we're at it, here's a thread comprising a Buddhist take on the (very complicated, confounding, and again, AWESOME) movie, from the INLAND EMPIRE message-board.
It probably won't make any sense if you haven't seen the film. But you should see it, so hey.
The new (January 2008) issue of Esquire is the "What I've Learned" issue, wherein famous (and not-so) people share, well, what they've learned. Among them is comedian Garry Shandling, who along with a couple of jokes -- "Smoothies might be fattening. Especially the ones made with frozen yogurt and gin." -- lets a wee bit of his Buddhist side show with one very simple "What I've learned" entry:
"Impermanence. Impermanence. Impermanence."
Short and to the point, that.
...For more on Shandling and his Buddhist practice, check out our feature, "Hey Now! It's Garry Shandling's Meditative Search for The Real Thing."
And as a special surprise bonus, it turns out that there's a recitation (in Mandarin) of the Heart Sutra at the end of the final track, "Life Changes." The track is a tribute to fallen Wu-Tang member -- and arguably one of the most unusual and greatest MCs ever -- Ol' Dirty Bastard.
Of course, you have to also deal with the usual language about ho's and such -- and more throughout the album that I really don't feel like typing up -- but then, that's the thing about the Wu: they make albums that mish-mash elements of spirituality and martial arts (Divine Mathematics, Buddhism, tai chi, kung fu, taoism) with all the other lyrical stuff that is almost boilerplate in East Coast rap.
Sometimes (often, really) they really nail it anyhow. Except for a couple of tracks, that's pretty much the case with 8 Diagrams.
Wu-Tang forever! ODB, R.I.P.
(You can download "Life Changes," and the rest of 8 Diagrams here.)
Bears are, generally, hairy men who might be a bit heavyset. Like, say, the one meditating in the graphic of the "Zen Bear" t-shirt (left). It's a whole subculture of the gay world.
No real judgment to pass here; all I have to say is that this has got to be one of the most oddly specific Dharma-Burgers yet!
Saw this and had to send it on to you. And to think I've been meditating all this time and all I had to do to reach enlightenment was eat a mint. Who knew?
Ilene
P.S.
Love your website. Keep up the good work.
Thanks for that, Ilene, and thanks for the tip!
Just posted a new article for you all: The Owls Are Not What They Seem: The Dharma of Twin Peaks' Dale Cooper.
Just go to TheWorstHorse's homepage, here.
While she couldn't deny that "Buddha is hot, sexy, and big" (eccch!), in the end she picked his rival, the weasel-y "Tailor-Made."
I have a feeling, though, that this isn't the last we'll see of "Buddha." After all, I Love New York 2 was a spin-off of I Love New York (duh) and that show was a spin-off of Flavor of Love.
Oh, please, please, please, VH1 -- give us a "Buddha Love" spin-off!
(And if there was such a show, dear readers -- what would you call it?)
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