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PekkaNF:
--- Quote from: vtsteam on July 19, 2015, 10:08:47 PM ---..I recently re-read Zen in the Art of Archery and enjoyed it a lot.
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It that book as a matter of fact like Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance? I enjoyed readig the book, I first loaned in from the libraty. Then got it first in Finnish, then got it in English. It's bit like garlic or cilatro. Some people like it it and rest....
Pekka
vtsteam:
Pekka I think they just share a similar title. ZIAMM borrowed it from the much smaller and earlier ZIAA.
It's a German account of Eugen Herrigel's instruction in Kyudo (traditional archery) in Japan after the war, with a master bowman, Awa Kenzo. It's a short read -- a quick search just turned up a pdf of a translation here: http://www.ideologic.org/files/Eugen_Herrigel_-_Zen_in_the_Art_of_Archery.pdf
PekkaNF:
Very different then...
In its introduction, Pirsig explains that, despite its title, "it should in no way be associated with that great body of factual information relating to orthodox Zen Buddhist practice. It's not very factual on motorcycles, either."
Pekka
vtsteam:
I'm now in the process of finishing the bow, and added a handle wrap of a strip of inner bark from an elm, with the outer rough part scraped off. The bark was soaked in water to cut into a strip, rolled and soaked in linseed overnight to make it pliable. It was then wrapped on the handle area. The finish on the bow is mostly tung oil.
SwarfnStuff:
Now here is another reason why I like this forum. I learn stuff every time. Like today I learn that bark can be used like a leather thong if prepared correctly. I would never have thought of doing that, but then I also would not be making a bow. But hey, what's to say I won't someday use bark as an inlay in a fancy jewelry box? IF I remember of course. :lol:
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