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Alan Watts Film Project Update

admin — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 20:20:23 -0800

The Alan Watts film "In the Way" is in pre-production, and will be shot and edited this spring and summer. If all goes well look for a preview release in the fall, and a limited release in early December.

Audio Downloads are Now Available

Mark_Watts — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 09:18:37 -0800

Please follow the link below to purchase downloads of the programs on which the podcasts are based. Please note that the linked shopping site requires a separate login and password at this point, and that downloaded files will appear in My Files once purchased. We hope to have the sites fully integrated soon.

These low-cost downloads are designed to save time and enable you to get podcast content you may have missed or are waiting for. In addition, buying downloads and audio collections through this link helps us keep the Alan Watts Org site operational, and the podcasts coming.

http://shop.alanwatts.org/audio-downloads

PayPal friendly site

admin — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 18:57:52 -0700

In response to the requests of our Podcast listeners, Alan Watts Org now has a PayPal-friendly CD and MP3 site up and running. The Audio Collections include the same titles as those here on the Org site, but PayPal processing makes it a breeze for those who prefer PayPal.

http://shop.alanwatts.org/mp3-audio

Flash Animated Philosophy From South Park Creators

admin — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:41:34 -0700

Trey Parker, one of the creators of South Park, was raised in Colorado, where his father attempted to teach him Buddhism. Now, years later, Parker and his animation pal Matt Stone have brought to life the teachings of Alan Watts, the comparative religion expert and philosopher. Under the FurryCarlos Productions banner, the two tapped South Park animators Chris Brion and Todd Benson to keyframe three of Watts’ recordings, which can be viewed below.

Source:

http://coldhardflash.com/2007/07/flash-animated-philosophy-from-south.ht...

Alan Watts on Public Radio

admin — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 10:00:00 -0800

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&sectionid...

Alan Watts is also broadcast regularly 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

admin — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 09:13:42 -0800

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!

We are also looking for materials on the legendary Vortex experiments held in San Francisco at the Morrison Planetarium in the late fifties, images of Alan Watts the Academy of Asian Studies in SF during the same period, and other related materials that reflect the artistic experimentation that flourished during the late fifties and sixties.
If you have or are aware of Alan Watts resources please contact:

Mark Watts
markwatts02@comcast.net

Inspiration for Architecture at the Mountain Center

admin — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 09:12:32 -0800

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.