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2006:11:06

Hsiao Kuo

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Preponderance of the Small, as per Wilhelm/Baynes. Image, the Hummingbird, who's proximity to Earth is dictated by her metabolism and diet, which is to say, she stays fairly close to the source of the nectar she needs almost second-by-second. Contrast with the soaring Eagle or high-flying Hawk; their food source, protein filled rodents, carries longer, and so they are fit to fly higher. But even the swooping Hawk cannot fall on its prey as quickly as that little Hummingbird can dart into a half-dozen flowers, partaking of the short burst energy it brings.

So Hsiao Kuo, for us, is the principle of the short burst, the fast twitch, the small and fleeting and fast and subtle. No elephants here. Only that sensitivity to minutia which lets the perspicacious perceive where the next bit of succulent sweet life is calling, and to be on our way. Soon it will change.

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