The Story of the Chinese Farmer

Name: The Story of the Chinese Farmer
Uploaded: 2014-07-18T23:59:25
Duration: 2 min
Description: "The whole process of nature is a process of immense complexity and it is really impossible to tell whether something that happens in it is good or bad."A parable about life and nature narrated by Alan Watts, animated by Steve Agnos, and with music by Chris Zabriskie.

"The whole process of nature is a process of immense complexity and it is really impossible to tell whether something that happens in it is good or bad." A parable about life and nature narrated by Alan Watts, animated by Steve Agnos, and with music by Chris Zabriskie.

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