Then let me ask you this. How do you know that in the act there is no "I"? I create art. I do all sorts of things. Yet I've never acted when "I" wasn't present and accounted for. You say there is no "I" in the action, I say if there is no "I" there is no action.
It is clear we are not in the realm of strict logic here.
Logic just checks if named cause and consequence (the statement) follow certain laws (the laws of logic).
What I was trying here, was to point out a certain experience of being or a state of mind which is a real experience.
I also tried to give some lose hints why the concept how I expressed it in my opinion works.
But these are all just words and limited symbols.
The real experience of the "ego not existing" or "just being" in a sort of open, non-narrowed and free and especially unspectacular state of mind can not be told, just sort of be pointed to.
I am quite sure there are many on this forum who would maybe express this differently, maybe not even like the language how I tried to explain it, but still have this sort of experience - often most likely even without thinking about it.
There are things we can't share if the other person does not have the respective experience.
Its a dilemma, but it is just so.
And an experience of forgetting oneself and ones concepts and just be and perform (play, photograph, whatever) in the free and open way I attempted to describe is not explainable in a classical or even logical way.
It can only be explained in a sort of poetic, even illogic language.
And - it is not possible to "see" what I am trying to point out and really analyze it.
Its something different.
You can't grab it and take it home so to say.
And actually it is not so overly important as well.
Trying to improve as an artist and just not take ideas, concepts and oneself too serious is much enough.
The ego never vanishes while not being braindead. There you are right - of course. But thats not what I was trying to tell.
I think I can't make it much clearer here, and I think I won't try much more.
You are required now to understand for yourself or just forget this discussion and mark it as complete rubbish.
Cheers
~Chris