Flow Without a Break

"More clearly than the teacher could express it in words, they tell the pupil that the right frame of mind for the artist is only reached when the preparing and the creating, the technical and the artistic, the material and the spiritual, the project and the object, flow together without a break."
- Eugen Herrigal, Zen and the Art of Archery

"The ancient masters understood mystery.
The depths of their wisdom were unfathomable,
so all we have are descriptions of how they looked ...
Careful, as if crossing a frozen river.
Alert, as if aware of danger.
Respectful, like a guest.
Yielding, like melting ice.
Simple, like a valley."
- Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching