The Flaws of Writers (according to Liu Xie)
I’m over in Sydney for a few days, escaping the smog of Chengdu, and attending the conference at the University …
文心雕龍
On Vacation: Reeling in the Mind
For the last few weeks, I’ve been wrestling with the ghost of Liu Xie 劉勰, the Chinese writer who lived …
Writing, Work and Ease: Liu Xie
I first came across Liu Xie’s classic meditation on literature, the Wenxin Diaolong (文心雕龍), long before I got into the …
Optimally Empty
A piece about hanging out in coffee shops, the cultivation of empty stillness, and the foppishness of dogs wearing cravats.
