78. The art of weiqi (go/baduk) war (碁#2) ☰

Mankind desires peace in his time, but the evidence shows that the ideal of peace is not actually what he wants. Mankind finds peace to be like an endless paradise that is slowly turning into drought. The summer of abundance becomes the space in which boredom sets in. And he actually starts to crave the uncertainty of war. Mankind does not explicitly say so, but rather wraps this desire in positive images that can be sold to the rest of humanity. Small messages and clues – small little acts that eventually will lead to the same outcome: War. In playing Weiqi (Go/Baduk) from a higher plane, every stone placed on the Weiqi board - whether it be a black stone or a white stone - is an act of war. Acts of war fought from darkest winter and despair, back into the warmth of summer and peace and harmony. The very thing mankind was trying to end. From war to peace. And then from peace to war again. From order to chaos and then from chaos back to order again. Like the cycle of the seasons: Autumn, winter, spring and summer. Rare indeed is the Weiqi game in which no stones are captured and the cherry blossoms do not bloom ⚔️圍棋戰聖