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| Aug 01, 2007 9:39 pm |
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re: An Entrepreneur that inspires you - Name 1 |
| Tina Brooks
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What is it about the Pooh?
Well, for one he is adored by everyone. Nobody dislikes him. He may not be everyone's favourite Character, but there is no room for disliking him.
I have a miniature Winnie the Pooh charm dangling from my cell phone.
It is not really Pooh that is the inspiration, it is more the philosophy of Pooh. When I was a very little girl, Pooh was my friend. (I know, I'm old, get past it.) Anyway, I had this vinyl record that I would listen to over and over again that inspired me then. It very often got me through the difficult times that children with AS have to go through.
Then when I grew up, I discovered a book by Benjamin Hoff called The Tao of Pooh... It relates Taoism to Winnie the Pooh and simplifies it in a very western way... It just made sense to me.
P'U is actually known as the Uncarved Block and one of the basic tenets of Taoism. The idea of it is that things at their base simplicity contain their natural power and when that simplicity changes, their power is spoiled or lost. Winnie the Pooh is the living epitome of P'U. He, Pooh that is, is simplicity itself. He has an unspoiled childlike innocence, knows that live is fun! He has the ability to do things spontaneously with no fear that they won't work out from lack of planning and because he is both Pooh and P'U, they work out even though they might not seem to work in the usual way. AA Milne describes him as "a bear of very little brain" and the idea of P'U is that one doesn't need one so much as they want to think they do.
My favourite quote from Pooh is the following:
"Lots of people talk to animals," said Pooh. "Not that many listen though. That's the problem."
I guess what strikes me most is that in the simplicity of it all life is effortless.
So... Pooh and P'U, in the Winnie the Pooh sort of way inspires me.
The cuddly charm, well, I like to think that I suffer from cuddly charm, when I'm not being caustic that is, so I use my cuddly charm to hide my causticness... I hope it works. :)
As for my muse? how much time have you got? To give you the Pooh answer... Jim Morrison called his muse (and mine) "The Lords".
Let me know if you need that explained.
T
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