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nathanlovestreesthe journal part of this is called “free and uneasy” as a play on a phrase in the Zhuangzi, “逍遥游 (xiao yao you)” which is usually translated “free and easy wandering.” It’s also the title of the first chapter of the <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/Zhuangzi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Zhuangzi</a> It describes a way of engaging with the world, a way that is responsive to the endlessly changing natural processes in the world. It also suggests an attitude best suited to navigating those constant transformations with ease.

nathanlovestreesand I appreciate the name suggestions everyone gave sorry I didn’t use any of them, I settled on “radiant doubts” to keep the theme going. Inspired by this passage from <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/Zhuangzi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Zhuangzi</a> “Thus the Radiance of Drift and Doubt is the sage’s only map. He deploys no single definition of what is right, but instead entrusts it to the everyday function of each thing.”

Bryan KamA word game: <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/Zhuangzi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Zhuangzi</a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/schopenhauer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#schopenhauer</a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/Nietzsche" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Nietzsche</a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/Wittgenstein" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Wittgenstein</a> <a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/bryankam/p/a-word-game?r=447n8&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://open.substack.com/pub/bryankam/p/a-word-game?r=447n8&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web</a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#philosophy</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/philosophy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@philosophy</a>

Sir Rochard 'Dock' BunsonThis made me think of <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/ZhuangZhou" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ZhuangZhou</a> and you <a href="https://disabled.social/@nathanlovestrees" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@nathanlovestrees</a> If you haven't seen Jesse Welles yet, buckle up and get ready for a ride! <a href="https://youtube.com/shorts/f4kd3fiz3gc?si=5rZcogl8WO82HOsB" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://youtube.com/shorts/f4kd3fiz3gc?si=5rZcogl8WO82HOsB</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Taoist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Taoist</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Folk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Folk</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Zhuangzi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Zhuangzi</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Daoist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Daoist</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Tao" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Tao</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Dao" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Dao</a>

nathanlovestreesSir Sunflower said, "But where did you learn of this?"Lady Solostride said, "I learned it from the son of Aided-by-Ink, who learned it from the grandson of Caught-in-Recitation, who learned it from Look-and-See, who learned it from Heard-in-a-Whisper, who learned it from In-Need-of-Labor, who learned it from There-in-the-Singing, who learned it from Dark-Oblivion, who learned it from Joined-in-the-Void, who learned it from Doubt-Beginning."<a href="https://disabled.social/tags/Zhuangzi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Zhuangzi</a> (Ziporyn translation)

nathanlovestreesI'm late to the game because I don't know what I'm doing, so a brief <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#introduction</a>:I take care of my disabled brother full-time and stress about it the rest of the time. When I have the capacity I like to read and think about <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/Zhuangzi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Zhuangzi</a>, <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/Thoreau" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Thoreau</a>, <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/animism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#animism</a>, and <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/indigenousknowledge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#indigenousknowledge</a> like the work of Tyson Yunkaporta and VF Cordova. I also drink too much tea (<a href="https://disabled.social/tags/gongfucha" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gongfucha</a>), am a former classical and folk musician, and wish I could sit under more trees<a href="https://disabled.social/tags/disability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#disability</a> <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/caregiver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#caregiver</a> <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/introductions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#introductions</a> <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/daoism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#daoism</a>

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