Comprehending the big tangible picture enables one to do things quite easy. He or she would automatically recognize the state of the grand settings in terms of the positives, the negatives, the risks, etc. ... Do you know the practice of Do Easy?
Check out the following Gus Van Sant's video titled "Do Easy". The purpose of the video is to describe the state of "Do Easy."
Check out the following Gus Van Sant's video titled "Do Easy". The purpose of the video is to describe the state of "Do Easy."
(Please excuse the picture that is being displayed on the Youtube link. It came with the video. The aim of that displayed visual is to demonstrate the flowing action of "Do Easy". )
From the "Do Easy" video
" ... Let us now apply Do Easy to a simple test: the old Western quick draw gunfight. Only one gun fighter ever really grasped the concept of Do Easy and that was Wyatt Earp. Nobody ever beat him. Wyatt Earp said: It's not the first shot that counts. It's the first shot that hits. Point is to draw aim and fire and deliver the slug an inch above the belt buckle. ... That's Do Easy. How fast can you do it and get it done?
It is related that a young boy once incurred the wrath of Two Gun McGee?. McGee? has sworn to kill him and is even now preparing himself in a series of saloons. The boy has never been in a gunfight and Wyatt Earp advises him to leave town while McGee is still two saloons away. The boy refuses to leave.
"All right" Earp tells him "You can hit a circle four inches square at six feet can't you? all right take your time and hit it." Wyatt flattens himself against a wall calling out once more "Take your time, kid. ... "
"How fast can you take your time, kid?
Our experience tells us that doing (things) easy might just help you in an extreme situation. ... The first step is to properly assess the big tangible picture. We presumed that you understand the benefits of "Do Easy." ... Do you know the basics for getting the "big tangible picture? ... "
It is related that a young boy once incurred the wrath of Two Gun McGee?. McGee? has sworn to kill him and is even now preparing himself in a series of saloons. The boy has never been in a gunfight and Wyatt Earp advises him to leave town while McGee is still two saloons away. The boy refuses to leave.
"All right" Earp tells him "You can hit a circle four inches square at six feet can't you? all right take your time and hit it." Wyatt flattens himself against a wall calling out once more "Take your time, kid. ... "
"How fast can you take your time, kid?
Our experience tells us that doing (things) easy might just help you in an extreme situation. ... The first step is to properly assess the big tangible picture. We presumed that you understand the benefits of "Do Easy." ... Do you know the basics for getting the "big tangible picture? ... "
Chuang Tzu explains the same idea with reference to the art of target shooting.
ReplyDeleteWhen an archer is shooting for nothing he has all his skill.
If he shoots for a brass buckle he is already nervous.
If he shoots for a prize of gold
he goes blind
or sees two targets
- he is out of his mind!
His skill has not changed. But the prize
divides him. He cares.
He thinks more of winning than of shooting
and the need to win
drains him of power.