Tip 94 – Rising from a Chair like Snow from a Bamboo Leaf

A bus shelter window will have to do…

As you can tell, I was very excited when I saw the snow starting to move on the window of the bus shelter and couldn\’t help thinking of Zen in the Art of Archery by Eugen Herrigel. The falling snow is the essence of seamless movement that does not telegraph its intent. It is the same quality that allows the archer to release the bow without disturbing the arrow.

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