Asian Literature

Stephan Owen, a Canadian politician noted that there exists a general interest in the relativity of perceptions as well as in the relationship that exist between perception and human response. This was in apparent response to Wang Wei, an artist, painter and a poet. In his statement he referred to the translation of what humans perceive in the brains into visible things. Wang transformed his perceptions into paintings and poems. This statement was in deed a reflection of the Buddhists idea.
Buddhists have always through their doctrines expressed the need for individuals to be mindful about what they think, speak or even do. They believe that human beings minds are interconnected with or without the knowledge of conscience. They believe that the human mind is in constant transmission of broadcasts. They further believe that the thoughts of one human mind has an effect on other people and that our actions and responses are as a result of these thoughts. They believe that its our strong negative emotions that results into physical violence or even war while on the other hand the positive emotions result into peace. This is just an expression of how much impact the Buddhists believe, that human perceptions have on response. These Buddhist concepts are all enshrined in Stephans statement where there exists an expression of the effect of perception to human response. Stephan just like the Buddhists illustrates how Wang transformed the perceptions into a response which resulted into poems and drawings. This is true as art has always been used as expressions of ideas within ones mind.
In conclusion its thus therefore important to note that Stephans words,  just like Buddhist ideas acknowledge the existence of perceptions and that these perceptions are transformed into a human response.