,The Hidden Sphere of Artistic Concerns
An Adaptation of the Tao te Ching from an Artistic Perspective
Introduction

01) Describing the Descriptionless
02) Distinctions and Choice-Making
03) The Problem with Idols on Pedestals
04) The Unity of Inexhaustible Being
05) Human Conventions 
06) The Power Behind what ever We Do
07) Become Selfless while Working
08) That is Why it is Harmonious! 
09) Don't Keep Fiddling with It
10) Concentrate your Attention
11) Deepening of the Accommodation
12)  It is the Inner Life that Shows Greatness
13) Praised or Criticized take all in Stride
14) The Threshold of Becoming
15) The Objects that the Centuries have Guarded
16) Become Inwardly Silent and at Peace
17) Transmission is as Delicate as a Gossamer Thread
18) When Artists become Pop Heroes
19) Abandon the Pursuit of Cleverness 
20) Where Mediocre Men Fear to Tread
21) This is the Root of the Arts
22) A Model that Others Emulate
23) Different Interests Yield Different Ways of Living
24 Know the Edges and Abide by the Center
25) To Offer Some Image that Might Describe It
26) To Offer Some Image that Might Describe It ?
27) Becoming the Creative Light
28) Be like a River that Receives all Streams
29) The World is a Vessel of Spirit 
30) Do not be Overly Impatient or Ambitious
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35) Dissolve into the Universal Harmony
36) This is Called the Subtle Illumination
37) Harmony is the Fulfillment of all Desires
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45) Creativity is not Gained by Technique
46) Objects of Common Use
47) Without Leaving the Studio know the World
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49) The Master craftsman has no set Mind
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53) Hold to the Center
54) Cultivating the Creative Harmony
55) To know the Essential is to be Illuminated
56) Untie the Sinuous Tangles of Endless Speculation
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65) Look for Deeper Traditional Standards
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70) Can you Bare such Simplicity? 
71) Abandoning Assumption
72) Sense of Wonder and Awe
73) Unhurried, all is Accomplished 
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75) Why does the Audience Loose Interest? 
76) Lead a fully Vital, Creative Life. 
77) In the Institutions of the Arts
78) Strength of Heart 
79) The Yoke of Discipline
80) Lead a Simple and Balance Life
81) The Art of Knowing
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