Zen and the Arts

Remastered Audio Series • 6 hrs, 22 min Zen and the Art of the Controlled Accident Pt. 1 – 40:30 Zen and the Art of the Controlled Accident Pt. 2 – 55:39 Zen and the Art of the Controlled Accident Pt. 3 – 56:29 Zen and the Art of the Controlled Accident Pt. 4 – 45:32 Uncarved Block – 40:36 Democratization of the Esoteric - 55:48 Landscape, Soundscape in Painting, Music, and Mystical Vision - 59:04 Zenrin Poems – 28:47 In this profound and richly textured audio series, Alan Watts explores the intimate relationship between Zen and artistic expression. Moving fluidly between aesthetics and awareness, he examines how creativity becomes a gateway to presence - not through rigid technique, but through spontaneity, imperfection, and deep atunement to the moment. Across eight immersive talks, Watts traces the democratization of the esoteric, the mystical resonance of landscape and soundscape, and the paradox of the Uncarved Block. In the centerpiece, Zen and the Art of the Co