Comments on: The Art of Doing Absolutely Nothing http://lookingaround.blogs.time.com/2008/07/28/the_art_of_goofing_off/ Reflections on art and architecture by TIME critic Richard Lacayo. Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:49:09 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: koko http://lookingaround.blogs.time.com/2008/07/28/the_art_of_goofing_off/comment-page-1/#comment-299 koko Mon, 13 Oct 2008 12:21:22 +0000 http://lookingaround.blogs.time.com/2008/07/28/the_art_of_goofing_off/#comment-299 I would presume that doing absolutely nothing does not necessarily mean not doing anything at all – you are just doing thing you wish and in your own special way. Non-action (or inaction) is the tenet of Taoism philosophy. Non-action is not to be equated to no action. It implies not doing anything against the law of nature. As long as the action follows the flow of nature, it does not counter the concept of non-action. I have been yearning to do absolutely nothing in its modern connotation. It would be blissful in this hectic if not mad world. But I don’t know how (let alone what or why). (Tan Boon Tee) <a href="http://www.4you4.net/vb/index.php" rel="nofollow">http://www.4you4.net/vb/index.php</a> I would presume that doing absolutely nothing does not necessarily mean not doing anything at all – you are just doing thing you wish and in your own special way.

Non-action (or inaction) is the tenet of Taoism philosophy. Non-action is not to be equated to no action. It implies not doing anything against the law of nature. As long as the action follows the flow of nature, it does not counter the concept of non-action.

I have been yearning to do absolutely nothing in its modern connotation. It would be blissful in this hectic if not mad world. But I don't know how (let alone what or why).
(Tan Boon Tee)

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]]> By: Tan Boon Tee http://lookingaround.blogs.time.com/2008/07/28/the_art_of_goofing_off/comment-page-1/#comment-298 Tan Boon Tee Tue, 05 Aug 2008 04:32:55 +0000 http://lookingaround.blogs.time.com/2008/07/28/the_art_of_goofing_off/#comment-298 I would presume that doing absolutely nothing does not necessarily mean not doing anything at all – you are just doing thing you wish and in your own special way. Non-action (or inaction) is the tenet of Taoism philosophy. Non-action is not to be equated to no action. It implies not doing anything against the law of nature. As long as the action follows the flow of nature, it does not counter the concept of non-action. I have been yearning to do absolutely nothing in its modern connotation. It would be blissful in this hectic if not mad world. But I don’t know how (let alone what or why). (Tan Boon Tee) I would presume that doing absolutely nothing does not necessarily mean not doing anything at all – you are just doing thing you wish and in your own special way.

Non-action (or inaction) is the tenet of Taoism philosophy. Non-action is not to be equated to no action. It implies not doing anything against the law of nature. As long as the action follows the flow of nature, it does not counter the concept of non-action.

I have been yearning to do absolutely nothing in its modern connotation. It would be blissful in this hectic if not mad world. But I don't know how (let alone what or why).
(Tan Boon Tee)

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