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...It’s a cocktail of zen, Sartre, and nihilism,” Russell says. He talks of the film’s political message against corporate behemoths like Warner Brothers, the studio that is refusing to distribute Russell’s new documentary about the current War in Iraq. But he demurs from answering queries about the film’s relationship with 9/11, an incident that is specifically referred to by Wahlberg’s character...
...still remember the light breeze, the gurgle of flowing water, and that joyful sense of release. Tourists flock to the rock gardens of Ryoanji; I found my Zen behind a great sushi restaurant, against a stunning 12th floor view of southern Kyoto, amidst the hustle and bustle of an underground Starbucks. I refer, of course, to the delights of the sit-down toilet. Only after stumbling every morning to a porcelain bowl in the floor can you understand the genius of Western plumbing. For a month, my brother and I made daily pilgrimages to our favorite sites; they became...
...video. It may prove difficult to enjoy a full-length movie on a nine-centimeter screen, but you will have other media from which to choose: Microsoft has partnered with content providers CinemaNow and Major League Baseball (just in time for the World Series). The Creative 20-gigabyte Zen or the Samsung Yepp YH-999 are available for $500 per piece from Amazon.com. Prices for the iRiver, available in both 20- and 40-gigabyte models, haven't been released, but expect them to start from about...
...video. It may prove difficult to enjoy a full-length movie on a 9-cm screen, but you will have other media from which to choose: Microsoft has partnered with content providers CinemaNow and Major League Baseball (just in time for the World Series). The Creative Labs 20-gigabyte Zen or the Samsung Yepp YH?999 are available for $500 per piece from Amazon.com. Prices for the iRiver, available in both 20- and 40-gigabyte models, haven't been released, but are expected to start at about...
...MEDITATING? I've been meditating for about 20 years--a kind of Zen Buddhist meditation--and never talked about it because no one understood. And now of course it's become part of our culture, and we see Buddhas in storefront windows. It's weird to me that I do that and happen to be funny. I still can't figure that part out. It's feeling the deep impermanence of life and yet seeing the funny, impermanent side of life. Because it's all a joke. You wanna hang up and not talk to me anymore...