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| | c o m m u n i c a t i o n s | |
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...presents... Zen of Skateboarding, Part 2: Revelation
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by Thoai Tran
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06/01/1996-#319
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__///////\ -cDc- CULT OF THE DEAD COW -cDc- /\\\\\\\__
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\\\\\\\/ Everything You Need Since 1986 \///////
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___ _ _ ___ _ _ ___ _ _ ___ _ _ ___
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|___heal_the_sick___raise_the_dead___cleanse_the_lepers___cast_out_demons___|
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I searched long and hard for the elusive master, the only one who can
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enlighten me about skating. I had watched countless hours of video footage and
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absorbed countless photographs of skaters and skating, but I needed to find
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meaning in the one thing that I had dedicated my life to. Yes, skating is
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fun... it is indeed exciting. It is a test of adrenalin whenever one pushes to
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the furthest limits. But there is something else as well: a sublime and
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profoundly beautiful element that goes deep into the soul.
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I searched long and hard for someone who can explain to me this beauty, so
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I could finally be in complete harmony with myself and with my art. My
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searches all ended in failure. I sat contemplating where I would go next, whom
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I could talk to. A voice was suddenly heard.
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"You seek for the master who can tell you what is beautiful and sublime
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about your art? Imagine a painting that is on display in a museum. A passing
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viewer finds it beautiful by appreciating the overall images and their
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metaphorical representations. Another individual notes the techniques and
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appreciates the smoothness of the strokes, the detailed lines, the blending of
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various colors to give the perfect shades and contrasts. It has been said that
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a masterpiece has so many elements to appreciate. Some elements may be
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manifested immediately after a quick glance, while others may be revealed only
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after a closer and more scrupulous look. You who seek meaning and beauty in
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your art must realize that the collective elements that you find beautiful may
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not be shared completely by another individual. Hence, beauty is a subjective
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phenomenon relative to each individual."
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"Your skating is an art. Like that painting, skating has so many elements
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to be appreciated... old school, new school, vert, street, freestyle, downhill,
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and so on. Each individual may find all, some, or just one of the elements
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beautiful. But remember, you who seek meaning in your art, remember that you
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should never look down on something that you may not love or appreciate,
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because that something is part of the collective beauty that is appreciated by
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someone else. Furthermore, remember that no one can ever explain to you what
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constitutes beauty. No masters, philosophers, or even the professionals who
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have been idolized for many years. You seek for the master who can enlighten
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you about your skating? You seek for the master who can explain to you what is
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beautiful about your skating? Seek within yourself."
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So spoke the master within myself.
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/ \ / \ / `-(' ')-' \ / \ / \
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WORLDWIDE \ / `-' (U) `-' \ / WORLDWIDE
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`-' .ooM `-' _
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Oooo / ) __
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/)(\ ( \ Copyright (c)1996 Thoai Tran and Cult of the Dead Cow / (/ \
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\__/ ) / All rights reserved. Award-winning CULT OF THE DEAD COW \ ) \)(/
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(_/ is published by cDc communications, P.O. Box 53011, oooO _
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oooO Lubbock, TX, 79453, US of A. Edited by Swamp Ratte'. __ ( \
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\ ( \__/ Save yourself! Go outside! Do something! \)(/ ( /
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\_) "THE COW WALKS AMONGST US" Oooo
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