Zen and the Art of Archery

The book Zen and the Art of Archery, by Eugen Herrigel, discusses the spirituality connected with the art form in the sport of archery. In this book, Herrigel describes many aspects of how archery is, in fact, not a sport, but an art form, and is very spiritual to those in the east. As an actor, this book helps you to use your spirituality in your acting. Archery, in this book, was the way that …

…although in this book was only discussed with respect to archery, is very versatile. The art of archery is much like acting, because it is only thought of as physical, where acting is thought of as fake, while, through Zen, they are both spiritual rather than just physical. After reading this book, any preconceptions I had about archery being solely physical are gone, and I now know that most anything can be spiritual using Zen.