The Alan Watts Org site is the place to find Alan Watts content as well as updates about ongoing efforts to preserve and propagate his works. The Home page features weekly quotes, regular posts on current projects, and updates on audio and video selections. Generally content is organized according to media type, so you'll find audio and video content in the Multimedia section, written extracts of Alan Watts works on the Home page and in the Quotes archives, and photos in the Photo Gallery. If you subscribe to one of the RSS services below to the left, you can elect to be informed when new materials are posted. Otherwise it's a good idea to check back regularly to see what's new. However if you haven't been here for awhile, all posts and new content are preserved in the various archives or the Multimedia sections. Signing in will enable you to access member areas, and to receive occasional announcements of new collections or site features by email.Welcome to alanwatts.org
Submitted by Mark_Watts on Mon, 01/21/2008 - 18:23.
alanwatts.org is operated by Electronic Educational Programs. Inc., a non-profit educational organization, and sponsored by Electronic University Publishing, the Alan Watts audio publisher. The site presented online by Ace Media, and is still under development. In the coming weeks we expect to add regular podcasts and biweekly bits of wit and wisdom from the Alan Watts archives.
Online Interview with Mark Watts about the Alan Watts Film Project
Submitted by Mark_Watts on Sun, 07/13/2008 - 05:49.
Our other website is alanwatts.org, and a new alanwatts.com site is in the works.
1. What is behind this recent outreach of encouraging people to re-mix your father's material?
It came out of the Southpark project originally, and the enjoyment of authentic responses to my father's works that have been appearing on YouTube and elsewhere. I'm not talking about someone posting a picture or two over our audio, but about the sincere dialogs that result when one takes his ideas in and they resonate and something fresh comes out. Personally I view every authentic response regardless of the cultural framework as vital to his work, and I'm very encouraged by the creative response that has sprung up around YouTube. Back when I was studying film and photography in the 70's this forum would have been a dream come true.
2. What are the copyright restrictions on the use of the material? (Creative Commons; Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License?) Do people need permission to re-mix, mashup, etc.and should people contact you?
Original South Park Alan Watts animations featured on Cold Hard Flash site
Submitted by Mark_Watts on Tue, 01/29/2008 - 19:46.
http://coldhardflash.com/2007/07/flash-animated-philosophy-from-south.ht...
The original three Flash Animations produced by South Park are featured currently on the Cold Hard Flash website
Every week on KPFK
Submitted by admin on Tue, 01/15/2008 - 18:00.
Alan Watts is heard every week in the Los Angeles area on KPFK radio. The program airs on Sunday from 8:30 to 9:00 AM.
For additional information please go to: http://www.kpfk.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=category§ionid...
Alan Watts is also broadcast iregularly in Boulder on KGNU, and in Tampa on WMNF, and irregularly on KPFA Berkeley, WBAI New York, and WUOG in Atlanta.
Alan Watts Film Project
Submitted by admin on Tue, 01/15/2008 - 17:13.
We are currently gathering resources for a documentary film about Alan Watts' philosophical explorations and lifelong fascination with the art of communication. The film is to be based upon his own autobiographical narratives, selections from audio and video recordings, interviews with friends and family, and our ever-expanding photo and film archive. If you have of or know of photos, films, drawings, or other materials of or by Alan Watts, please let us know as we may wish to make arrangements to reproduce them for the film. If you would like to create content for possible inclusion in the film, we invite you to use any of the audio postings in the multimedia section of this site as the basis for short films. We are looking for authentic responses to his works, and will consider any submission for inclusion in the film. All we ask is that you show us what you create, and if we like it we'll post it on the site. The most engaging posts will be evaluated for inclusion in the feature film!
Inspiration for Architecture at the Mountain Center
Submitted by admin on Tue, 01/15/2008 - 17:12.
In construction of the Mountain Center function follows form, in this case the forms of the hills and the canopies of windswept Bishop or Monterey pines that stand on California's coastal ridges. Walking through the area it is easy to see why the Japanese art of bonsai, the shaping of miniature living trees, originated in coastal environments of this kind. Many of the largest trees on the ridge were lost in the 10,000 acre Vision Fire that swept the area twelve years ago, and although the Monterey pine is fire-seeded the abundant new forest provides little protection overhead yet from the sun or winds. In his designs the architect Daniel Liebermann incorporated the image of a trunk and spreading canopy as a radial design element, and the retaining walls found on the uphill side of the structures follow the site's natural contours. Listen as Alan Watts talks about the forms humans create, and the wiggly world of nature.
