Koan: A Conversation with Vaea Marx

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January 31, 2018 a project of ServiceSpace Life is an adventure, it's not a package tour. - Eckhart Tolle - Koan: A Conversation with Vaea Marx Born in Tahiti, Vaea Marxs family moved to France where, as a child in the resistance during WWII, he was captured for blowing up a building the Germans were using. After the war, he became a pastry chef, then a cowboy in the Outback in Australia. He then went to Japan and met Kawai Kanjiro, one Japans greatest potters, who became his teacher. There he met Hamada, Yanagi, Bernard Leach and even Kurosawa. He also lived in a Zen monastery. "Every morning I'd get up at four a.m., work in the garden, take a cold bath and do Zazen." He knew fencing and learned Japanese sword fighting. Coming to the U.S. in the 60s, he became one of Peter Voulkos' closest friends, and found recognition for his own ceramic art. Here's more of Vaea's story { read more } Be The Change Even in day-to-day life, there are plenty of chances to have an adventure. Think about it. How many ways could you do ordinary things in a new way? COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News The Disease of Being Busy How Happy Brains Respond to Negative Things 7 Lessons About Finding the Work You Were Meant to Do Teen Creates App So Bullied Kids Never Have to Eat Alone Perseverance is Willingness, Not Will What Matters Most? Ten Counterproductive Behaviors of Well-Intentioned People Three Things that Matter Most in Youth and Old Age DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 244,812 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other ServiceSpace projects include: KindSpring  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  Awakin  //  More