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Zen and the art of expectation maintenance
Don’t milk this time for productivity gains or self-improvement — staring into space or a great book will be of more help
...Reading your feature “20 buys to help you find your Zen” (HTSI, October 7) on “clothes, furniture and accessories that embrace the art of living”, I’d say there’s nowt Zen about the juxtaposition of the...
...Maa basket, £35 Lily Gabriella gold, jade and onyx Modern Talisman pendant, £1,600 Giorgio Armani leather bracelet, £1,700 Chanel silk Camellia hair clip, £795 Letter in response to this article: Zen...
Obsessed with the zen hotel retreats? Now you can buy the furniture
...Born in Kent, trained as an Episcopalian priest, Watts had become one of the best-known interpreters of Zen Buddhism in the west....
...As before, a local doctor (Daniela Melchior) falls for Dalton’s mix of two-fisted toughness and Zen composure. This version adds luxury extras such as speedboats and a sadly underused crocodile....
...After staying in the hotel, a glittering edifice nestled in the heart of the downtown core, I can vouch for its Zen energy: Shangri-La Vancouver exudes a sense of peace, despite its city-centre location...
...Many of the city’s leading democrats are Catholic, including media mogul Jimmy Lai, who is on trial for alleged national security crimes, barrister Martin Lee and Joseph Zen, former bishop of Hong Kong....
...It is a take on a Japanese Zen garden, which were created for Buddhist priests to learn to become one with nature and is inspired by a parable in their theological training....
...gingerlily.co.uk The Clovelly storage bench by Naturalmat, from £860 Provides useful bedroom storage in a range of colours and natural-fibre fabrics. naturalmat.co.uk Fern Forest electric diffuser by Made By Zen...
...Garcia, the founder of Amen, a sustainable candle brand known for its mycelium packaging, laughs as I adjust to the zen-like atmosphere of their live-work studio....
...He has been studying the concept for four decades, having initially been inspired by a Buddhist friend who quoted an old Zen saying to him: “No moment comes twice....
...No stereotypical, chillingly calm kitchen samurai, the guy is effusive, even passionate, and his strange dining room swerves decisively away from cliché, cod-Zen sterility into a comfortable, almost bohemian...
...Lim considered space a “physical substance — to be articulated, manipulated”, and Chu likens her work to Zen Buddhist gardens in which “empty space is pregnant with more energy”....
...As Robert Pirsig noted in Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: “Quality is neither mind or matter, but a third entity independent of the two . . . even though quality cannot be defined, you know what...
...Zen and the art of the zoned-out commute: I loved this column on the rarely acknowledged pleasures of the Bakerloo line and learning to see the small joys in daydreaming and empty time....
...Amping the rustic meets Zen patina, he transformed a set of barn doors into shoji-like sliding screens. The extra square footage has been well-used in what has been a productive winter....
...As Ulrica Nordström explains in From Forest to Garden: A Guide to the Hidden World of Moss, the species was venerated by Japanese poets and Zen Buddhist monks writing thousands of years ago....
...Staying connected to herself is something that helps Yeoh maintain her own personal Zen....
...Gen Z seem pretty Zen with parents who can’t let go. Far from being fed up with all the intrusion, the majority say they rely on their parents for emotional and financial support....
...Hong Kong’s Roman Catholic Cardinal Joseph Zen, a veteran human rights advocate, and several foreign diplomats attended the hearing....
...Walls are lined with evocative instructional texts, such as a Dada-Zen mash-up, to stimulate the mind. “Imagine the clouds dripping. Dig a hole in your garden to put it in,” says one....
...And the movie reveals itself as a blandly popcorn revenge yarn, affecting to be lean and Zen, coming off bored and perfunctory....
...At any rate, it will heighten “that magical, zen, spiritual feeling coming in here”, says McKillen. “I literally forget about all problems here.”...
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