Wiebke

Day 14 November 3 2011

Since today I know that Wiebke is a German female name. To my surprise you find naked Wiebkes very quickly if you google her. Although everyone knows that porn is only three mouse clicks away it was astonishing to find arty portraits of naked women unintended only one and a half clicks away. This is 21^st century stuff indeed.

Nevertheless, this was very helpful to determine said Wiebke's gender rather quickly.

I do not intend to offend any Wiebkes but I have not encountered one of you before today. I guess the Bauernbergpark man and the Taubenmarkt man do not know many Wiebkes either.

However, now for something completely different: I would still like to find connections between eastern and western thinking. This is rooted in “Zen or the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance” that I got as a present years ago. I wonder what happens if our Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde-mindedness meets the holistic concepts of the east. Basically I do not know enough of both. Therefore I promise to start with Russel’s “History of Western Philosophy” after finishing Frankfurt’s “On Bullshit”. The sheer difference in size of the two books makes me laugh, because I think in the real world there is more bullshit than philosophy.

As a mere pupil of Zen, as a humble student of psychology, as a writing novice, I surely contribute to this desperate ratio.

See, there is no coherence or consistency in the posts. From Wiebke to philosophy: it is just crazy.

Nevertheless I carry on. I have studied Douglas Adams thoroughly, and the concept of the interconnectedness of all things links the first name Wiebke to philosophy, although there is no such entry in Russel’s book. (I have really made sure that there is none; there is “will” as a term used by Aristotle instead J)

Inertia keeps me from reading too much of western or eastern philosophy. However, this reminds me that I got interrupted when reading Suzuki yesterday. I have to finish a chapter about bowing.

I hope to get to know this Wiebke personally. Then I will bow to her, I promise.