Cloud Poetry

Cloud Poetry

By Yanyan HuangArtsPerforming Arts
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Cloud Poetry episodes

  • Art and the Creative Unconscious
    Four essays on the relation of the artist to his/her culture by Dr. Erich Neumann. The archetypes of the collective unconscious are intrinsically formless psychic components that assume form in art. The mediums of expression through which they pass, the time and place in which they occur, and above all the psychology of the individual in whom they appear mold their varying forms.
    22 min
  • Seven Taoist Masters
    This tale of adventure interweaves history and legend to vibrantly present the fundamentals of Taoism. Written by an unknown author, Seven Taoist Masters is the story of six men, and one woman who overcome tremendous hardships on the journey to self-mastery. This novel brings to life the essentials of Taoist philosophy, and practice both through Wang’s instructions on such topics as the cultivation of mind and body; meditation techniques, and overcoming the four obstacles of creed, anger, lust, and drunkenness.
    26 min
  • Sacred and Profane Beauty
    The Holy in Art. An investigation of the relationship between the holy and the beautiful. Van der Leeuw undertakes to show that the holy has never been absent from the arts and the arts have never been unresponsive to the holy. Primitive creation in the arts was always directed toward the symbolization and interpretation of the holy. Gerardus Van der Leeuw, late professor of the history of religion at the University of Groningen, is generally regarded as the most important, systematic and scientific historian of religion of his generation. His Religion in Essence, and Manifestation and Introoduction to the Phenomenology of Religion, are both regarded as classics.
    53 min

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