Zen is based on the recognition of two incompatible types of thought: rational and intuitive. — Tom Hoover Copy Share Image
Unlike rational thought, intuition cannot be 'taught' or even turned on. In fact, it is impossible to find or manipulate this intuitive consciousness using our rational mind—any more than we can grasp our own hand or see our own eye. — Tom Hoover Copy Share Image
Zen is based on the recognition of two incompatible types of thought: rational and intuitive. — Tom Hoover Copy Share Image
Japanese would never 'restore' an antique. The signs of age and wear are to them its most beautiful qualities. — Tom Hoover Copy Share Image
Zen culture invites us to experience reality without the intervening distractions of intellect, categories, analysis. — Tom Hoover Copy Share Image
Zen takes the opposite tack; it holds that true reality is the fundamental unity of mind and matter, inner spirit and external world. When… — Tom Hoover Copy Share Image
Unlike rational thought, intuition cannot be 'taught' or even turned on. In fact, it is impossible to find or manipulate this intuitive consciousness using… — Tom Hoover Copy Share Image
Zen is the enemy of analysis, the friend of intuition. The Zen artist understands the ends of his art intuitively, and the last thing… — Tom Hoover Copy Share Image
