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Taoism In The Workplace

28 Tuesday Jan 2014

Posted by Dawn Advertiser in CAREERS, Chinese New Year, Productivity, Professional Development, Special Occasions, Days and Events, Workplace Challenges

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CareersTaoism, an ancient Chinese philosophy, is characterised by the concept of Yin and Yang – opposite and complementary forces – and stresses the importance of balance to ensure harmony. Using the wisdom of Tao, let us practise the following principles in today’s hectic and competitive work environment:

Know your talent. There is a purpose to everyone’s life and before we contemplate strategies and learn various techniques, we need to ask ourselves: What is my unique, inherent talent that nature has bestowed upon me? Instead of choosing a line of work and then attempting to train ourselves to fit the role, cultivate the talents you possess naturally.

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Holly Brackenbury selects Jhoola by MF Husain

30 Thursday May 2013

Posted by Dawn Advertiser in ART & AUCTIONS, Under The Hammer At Sotheby's

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Lot-6,-Husain---Jhoola

Jhoola (1961)
By Maqbool Fida Husain
Oil on canvas
Size: 129.5 x 58.4 centimetres (51.5 x 23 inches)
Estimated price: £220,000-250,000

This year marks the centenary of the birth of the modern master, Maqbool Fida Husain. On the eve of Independence, Husain and his contemporaries established a movement that was to represent a new era in South Asian art.

Although an advocate of international modernism, Husain chose to draw on aspects of his heritage as a way of portraying the present. The layered vocabulary of his paintings was derived from a myriad of sources, drawing from the classical, the miniature and the folk, to formulate a distinctive pictorial language that was both mythical and real.

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