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Sometimes we try hard to make square pegs fit into round holes, and other times we find out different ways to make round pegs fit into square holes. This force is unnatural but often are the results of overthinking and of being too tense. These books help me find a sense of natural calm and I use them to position myself into better writing. These books help me find my truths and they bring me a sense of calm without effort.
To this page, these books are dedicated.
To this page, these books are dedicated.
The how of Pooh? The Tao of who? The Tao of Pooh!?! In which it is revealed that one of the world's great Taoist masters isn't Chinese--or a venerable philosopher--but is in fact none other than that effortlessly calm, still, reflective bear. A. A. Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh! While Eeyore frets, and Piglet hesitates, and Rabbit calculates, and Owl pontificates, Pooh just is.
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For more than twenty years Natalie Goldberg has been challenging and cheering on writers with her books and workshops. In her groundbreaking first book, she brings together Zen meditation and writing in a new way. Writing practice, as she calls it, is no different from other forms of Zen practice —"it is backed by two thousand years of studying the mind."
This new edition, which marks almost twenty years since the original book's publication, includes a new preface in which Goldberg expresses her trademark enthusiasm for writing practice, as well as a depth of appreciation for the process that has come with time and experience. Also included is an interview with the author in which she reflects on the relationship between Zen sitting practice and writing, the importance of place, and the power of memory. Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within by Natalie Goldberg |