Alan Watts reflects on the separation of human civilization and the natural world, discussing the beauty of life on the waters, the rhythms of nature, the transformation of forms, and the spacious environment of the ocean.
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Timeless Rhythm Of The Waves
The ocean's rhythm creates a
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Sausalito's Enchanting Waterfront
Watts paints Sausalito's waterfront: steep hills, masts, gulls and opalescent light that transforms junkyards into magic.
He uses this scene to evoke voyages, landfalls and the sea's capacity to pacify human mess.
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Beauty Entwined With Predation
The sea reveals an inseparability of beauty and predation in nature's cycles.
Watts highlights that living implies transformation where pleasure for one equals pain for another.
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In celebration of the waters that bring life to all things, Alan Watts reflects on the separation between human civilization and the natural world.
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In this unique and experimental recording, Alan Watts discusses:
The beauty of life on the waters in Sausalito, California
The rhythms of nature
Time and timelessness
The transformation of one form into another
The separation of man from the natural world
Objecting and Objectifying the world
Identity and being able to know knowing
The spacious environment of the ocean
“Although the rhythm of the waves beats a kind of time, it’s not clock or calendar time, it has no urgency. It’s timeless time, because I know I am listening to a rhythm which has been just the same for millions of years.” – Alan Watts
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