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To be creative, Chinese philosophy teaches us to abandon ‘originality’ | Psyche Ideas

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Whether grieving a death or connecting to colleagues, creativity enables an artful life, according to Chinese philosophy

When I was 15, one of my closest friends died unexpectedly. Our physics teacher broke the news to me after I’d sat an exam, having wondered all the way through why my friend wasn’t there doing the same. I still don’t have the words to describe how I felt: it was something approaching shock, distress, disorientation. I didn’t know what to think, much less what to do. I spent many nights awake and many days in a daze. Fifteen years later, when I was in graduate school, another friend died suddenly, a man I loved very much. I remember checking my phone and finding out, to my dismay, via text…

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