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Philosophy, Writing and Wayward Curiosities from Will Buckingham

Two Tales of Horse-Training
Buddhism China Philosophy Zhuangzi

Two Tales of Horse-Training

Will Buckingham –

Contrasting thoughts on the metaphor of horse-training, from Buddhism and Daoism.

A Centre for Laziness - A Proposal
China Creativity

A Centre for Laziness - A Proposal

Will Buckingham –

Unless we are accustomed to moving across the borderlands between hard work and laziness, then we are not going to live optimally

Strange Happenings in Yangzhou
China

Strange Happenings in Yangzhou

Will Buckingham –

A tale of the unexpected from 11th century China.

On Drinking Tea
poetry China

On Drinking Tea

Will Buckingham –

A Chinese text on the twenty-four occasions on which to drink tea.

Storytellers and Anthroplogists
anthropology Books Indonesia

Storytellers and Anthroplogists

Will Buckingham –

Thoughts on storytelling and anthropology

Boredom, Flow and the Eggs of Experience
Creativity Meditation Philosophy

Boredom, Flow and the Eggs of Experience

Will Buckingham –

Boredom, creativity and Walter Benjamin

The Rhetoric of Urgency
Buddhism Meditation Philosophy

The Rhetoric of Urgency

Will Buckingham –

Why so urgent?

Big Beasts, Little Beasts, and the Value of Creative Writing
Creativity Teaching writing

Big Beasts, Little Beasts, and the Value of Creative Writing

Will Buckingham –

Creative writing teaching is about more than churning out big-shot novelists.

Turning About Once Again
Buddhism Meditation

Turning About Once Again

Will Buckingham –

Thoughts on meditation and research, and a return to Bodhgaya, after a gap of 17 years.

Knowledge and Friendship at the End of the World
Philosophy Tove Jansson

Knowledge and Friendship at the End of the World

Will Buckingham –

On Tove Jansson and the apocalypse