#ursulaleguin — Public Fediverse posts

Great crowd in Vergennes Vermont last night for "Ego Tourism: How the Tao Made Me (a bit less) Weird." (the Ursula Le Guin version)

Now it's your turn Portland. 3 shows this weekend:

Sat 11am Kenton branch library, 8226 N Denver Avenue

Sat 5pm Beaverton City Library, Cathy Stanton Room

Sun 3pm Kenton branch library.

This is in conjunction with the Ursula K. Le Guin exhibit at the Oregon Center for Contemporary Art, through Feb 8th. Fri-Sat-Sun 12-5. Like my shows, it's free.
8371 N. Interstate Ave Portland, OR 97217 - around the corner from the Kenton library.

Sponsored by taoish.org
Thanks to the Le Guin estate for permission to read "Meditation in the Desert" as part of the show.
#portland #PortlandOR #scifi #ukl #leguin #ursulaleguin

[The world is on fire for real, tho — ignore it at your peril and everyone else's.]

"Reality is in the eye of the beholder" (an excerpt from my one-but-last book)

https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/reality-is-in-the-eye-of-the-beholder/

#reality #umwelt #zatoichi #buddhism #mahayana #ursulaleguin #perception #cognitivescience

Has anyone made a current translation with DU and Cluster Bombs?

.> The land where an army passed becomes desolated. After war, lean years come. ^1

.> 師之所處、荊棘生焉、大軍之後、必有凶年。 ^7
.> 荊棘(けいきょく)焉(ここ)に生じ、大軍の後は、必ず凶年(きょうねん)あり。善くする者は果たして已(や)む。 ^7
.> 軍隊が通った後の農地は荒れ果てるので、大軍が通った土地は必ず凶作になってしまう。^7

.> Where the army marched

.> Wherever a host is stationed, briars and thorns spring up. In the

.> Where troops have encamped

.> Where armies are quartered briars and thorns grow. Great wars unfailingly are followed by famines. A good man acts resolutely and then stops. He ventures not to take by force. ^5