.At 03:51 PM 11/20/2003 -0700, you wrote:
>Well, it sure would be consistent with some of the "zen traditions" I've
>encountered over the years... sado-masochism at its best... ;*}
>
Yeah, especially after a week-long sesshin I would tend to agree, but
usually its
masochism-in-the-spirit-of-not-doing-something-intrinsically-unnecessary,
like "we don't need no stinking heat in the zendo", or "we don't need no
stinking shoes while we chop vegetable outside while is is sleeting and below
freezing". I don't believe that
masochism-in-the-spirt-of-copying-something-for-the-sake-
of-copying-it falls under the same heading. But I could be wrong.
>Brett Breitwieser ( zen@arizuma.us <mailto:zen@arizuma.us> )
>Arizuma Zen
>http://arizuma.us
>
>"The clouds evaporate in the cold sky.
>The autumn has departed and the mountain is barren.
>This is where we originally dwell." -Hongzhi
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Mejia, Carlos [mailto:carlos.mejia@intel.com]
>Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2003 3:43 PM
>To: Shakuhachi@communication.ucsd.edu
>Subject: RE: urushi
>
>
>
>Mark,
>Not to rub it in Gene's face...but, what is the imitation urushi you
>refer to here?
>
>
>
>Hummm Gene. As I recall I mentioned to you a very nice urushi
>imitation
>with great sound qualities, and complelely non-toxic chemistry can be
>made with
>several layers of red or black tinted shellac. Now I'm wondering if I
>should say "told you so".
>
>This is the punishment you get for being purist on this issue - all you
>zen
>student take note :-)
>
>
>
>At 01:07 PM 11/20/2003 -0500, you wrote:
> >Man - lemme' give you dumb new shakuhachi makers (like me) a tip: BE
> >CAREFUL WITH URUSHI!
> >
> >This is the third day of my "attack", and I'm in the running sores
>stage
> >(ugh!), up all night, every night, scratching and sloshing alcohol on
>the
> >affected areas to kill the nerve ends. Although I could not have
>touched
> >urushi to these areas, I have patches of rash on the back of my left
>knee,
> >my left shin, my right side, my right ear, my left hand, my nose, my
>right
> >eye and lips are all puffy, and - ugh! - the most sensitive of all
> >unspeakable areas.
> >
> >It has gotten worse every day for three days.
> >
> >And my wife now has it on her right forearm, and she never touched
>urushi!
> >
> >And I used only TWO DROPS of urushi. Literally.
> >
> >Now admittedly I did thin the urushi with lacquer thinner, creating
> >perhaps two or three ounces, but I have no recollection of ANY of it
>ever
> >touching my skin. And, if any of it did, it was certainly only a
> >microscopic amount.
> >
> >Actually, I was tinting the outside of the root section of the
>shakuhachi
> >I'm making, like many of the Japanese shakuhachi makers do. Just to
> >darken up the naturally dark area there a bit more. I was not using it
>in
> >the bore. I'm using an Epoxy compound there.
> >
> >And this urushi poisoning also has a physiologically debilitating
>effect,
> >a sort of nauseous yucky feeling. . . .
> >
> >Learn from my ignorance, you newbies: take care!
> >
> >Gene
>
>
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