{"product_id":"9780893344900","title":"The Tao Of Sailing","description":"Synopsis\u003cbr\u003eA sailboat tossed about on rough seas will struggle to find a smooth course, balancing itself through wind and water. The human experience is a succession of balancing maneuvers as we resolve conflicts, find love, and merely exist from day to day. Grigg shows one how to be like a sailboat -- steady, adaptable, serene, and powerful. \u003cp\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003cbr\u003eAccording to the introduction, this book is an attempt to represent \u0026amp;'grave;the connection between the Western activity of sailing and the Eastern philosophy of Taoism,'' and in doing so prescribe \u0026amp;'grave;a metaphor for a way of living.'' Grigg ( The Tao of Relationships ) tries earnestly, in more than 130 prose poems, to provide readers with a method for achieving a stable inner peace amidst the disorder of a constantly changing universe. Unfortunately, his language is numbingly bland and the philosophical concepts he espouses are painfully banal. This collection, based on Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching , created in the sixth century B.C., is written in such overwhelmingly abstract terms--like \u0026amp;'grave;wholeness,'' \u0026amp;'grave;emptiness,'' \u0026amp;'grave;stillness,'' \u0026amp;'grave;whatness,'' \u0026amp;'grave;thatness''--that the more concrete theme of sailing is lost in a miasma of meaningless generalities: \u0026amp;'grave;Everything knows. Ship knows its shipness and does just-so. Rock knows its rockness and does just-so. Sea knows its seaness and does just-so.'' The text is accompanied by William Gaetz's lackluster drawings of the bamboo plant, which, like sailing, is a metaphor for inner balance and resourcefulness. (July)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Green Dragon Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47009349730544,"sku":"9780893344900","price":24.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780893344900_p0.jpg?v=1763851985","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780893344900","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}