In one day I received this message twice, first from a client in Portland who brought in a copy of the text for me, and then as a video link from my friend Don Staley, the Brain Cell Coach, in Michigan. Obviously it’s something I needed to be aware of and I’m passing it on [...]
Poverty Consciousness
“Poverty consciousness no longer serves awakening humans in today’s world.” ~ Tommi Mäkelä
Zen Archery
Eugen Herrigel, in his book Zen in the Art of Archery, wrote, “The archer ceases to be conscious of himself as the one who is engaged in hitting the bull’s-eye which confronts him. This state of unconscious is realized only when, completely empty and rid of the self, he becomes one with the perfecting of [...]
MFA Notes: Kwame Dawes
I can still hear poet Kwame Dawes saying, “born at de right time,” in his smooth Jamaican accent. He opened his craft talk with a brief biographical sketch: born in Ghana where he heard stories of glorious Jamaica from his father. When he moved with his family to the island, he discovered a far different [...]
MFA Notes: Jack Driscoll
Jack Driscoll described what he attempts to do through writing, “To speak what it feels like to be human.” As far as I’m concerned, he could have ended his craft talk there and left us with the inspiration and invitation to go forth and attempt it for ourselves. He encouraged us to “undress” our characters, [...]
Dorianne Laux on Writing
I’m reposting this from wherever I got it…. such an important reminder, and often, essential inspiration. “I write to be done writing” resonates with me. Why Do I Write by Dorianne Laux I have recently begun to think of writing as what Susan Sontag calls “a wisdom project” in her forward to Another Beauty, a [...]