REL-1300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Allen Ginsberg, Eugen Herrigel, Buddhism In Japan
Document Summary
The art of presentation carries w it spiritual messages that can be to a sig extent attributed to esthetics; used as a way to get into what"s at heart in a religion. Iphone design: an effort to translate buddhism into a material object; steve jobs loved japanese buddhist art bc it has no straight edges iphone has rounded edges and sleek zen esthetic. Steve jobs: mentor was kobun otogawa (main zen priest at zen center where jobs went; kobun married jobs and his wife. Esthetic idea of fusing art and nature was something jobs tried to introduce to the world of computing. Buddhism originated in 6th century before christ w guatama siddhartha in india; over centuries, buddhist ideas and esthetics spread throughout asia; these ideas are often mediated by art. Early buddhist art: images of the buddha as a human being were not made for a long time.
