Contact/About

Email: zenolympiad@gmail.com

What is the Zen Olympiad? Does anyone really know?

The Zen Olympiad is the question to all your answers; the riddle of momentary Eurekas; the Love that dissolves divisions and multiplies abundance; the joker in the pack of VIPs; the Love, the Love, the Love…

Another answer is that The Zen Olympiad is an online publishing temple for artists. It seeded as a flashing recapitulation of the gateless gate of zany questions put forth by ancient oriental Zen masters and students alike, on the spot, to elicit spontaneous insights into this conundrum called ”Life”. Thereafter, the floating temple solidified in my consciousness as an online art exhibition and school of creativity, proudly created in South Africa. Beyond interpretations, however, words seem to run about in various directions, leaving a glowing memory of the Unity of all Life like a transient footprint in the sand…

Enjoy the tour! There is much wonderful home-spun art to enjoy on the site, including ebooks for download or print-on-demand, artworks for display and purchase, short films and music videos to watch, tennis and chess games to support, and more. For more information, kindly write to zenolympiad@gmail.com.

Happy exploring,

Etienne van Bart

Curator of the Zen Olympiad