The Great Spring: Writing, Zen, and This Zigzag Life
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Author: Natalie Goldberg
Format: Hardback
Number of Pages: 224
What does it take to have a long writing life? Drawing her years of writing, teaching, and practicing Zen, Natalie Goldberg shares the experiences that have opened her to new ways of being alive--experiences that point the way forward in our lives and our writing. From the beloved writing teacher behind Writing Down the Bones comes a treasury of personal stories reflecting a life filled with journeys-inner and outer-zigzagging around the world and home again Here, Natalie Goldberg shares those vivid moments that have wakened her to new ways of being. We follow alongside her mapless meanderings in the New Mexican desert and her pilgrimages to Bob Dylan's birthplace and to Larry McMurtry's dusty Texas ghost town of rare books. We feel her deep hunger while she sitszazenin a monastery in Japan, and her profound loss when she hears of the passing of a dear friend while teaching in the French countryside. Through it all, she remains grounded in a life informed by two constants- the practices of writing and of Zen. With humor and insight, Natalie encircles around the essential questions these paths compel her toward-Where does this life lead? Who are we? This is a book to be relished one awakening at a time. Each story is a reminder that no matter how hard the situation or desolate you may feel, spring will come again, breaking through a cold winter, bringing early yellow forsythia flowers. And the Great Spring of enlightenment-that sudden rush of acceptance, pain cracking open, obstructions shattering-will also burst forth.
Author: Natalie Goldberg
Format: Hardback
Number of Pages: 224
What does it take to have a long writing life? Drawing her years of writing, teaching, and practicing Zen, Natalie Goldberg shares the experiences that have opened her to new ways of being alive--experiences that point the way forward in our lives and our writing. From the beloved writing teacher behind Writing Down the Bones comes a treasury of personal stories reflecting a life filled with journeys-inner and outer-zigzagging around the world and home again Here, Natalie Goldberg shares those vivid moments that have wakened her to new ways of being. We follow alongside her mapless meanderings in the New Mexican desert and her pilgrimages to Bob Dylan's birthplace and to Larry McMurtry's dusty Texas ghost town of rare books. We feel her deep hunger while she sitszazenin a monastery in Japan, and her profound loss when she hears of the passing of a dear friend while teaching in the French countryside. Through it all, she remains grounded in a life informed by two constants- the practices of writing and of Zen. With humor and insight, Natalie encircles around the essential questions these paths compel her toward-Where does this life lead? Who are we? This is a book to be relished one awakening at a time. Each story is a reminder that no matter how hard the situation or desolate you may feel, spring will come again, breaking through a cold winter, bringing early yellow forsythia flowers. And the Great Spring of enlightenment-that sudden rush of acceptance, pain cracking open, obstructions shattering-will also burst forth.
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NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. A description of our secondhand books is not always available. Please contact us if you have a question about this title.
Author: Natalie Goldberg
Format: Hardback
Number of Pages: 224
What does it take to have a long writing life? Drawing her years of writing, teaching, and practicing Zen, Natalie Goldberg shares the experiences that have opened her to new ways of being alive--experiences that point the way forward in our lives and our writing. From the beloved writing teacher behind Writing Down the Bones comes a treasury of personal stories reflecting a life filled with journeys-inner and outer-zigzagging around the world and home again Here, Natalie Goldberg shares those vivid moments that have wakened her to new ways of being. We follow alongside her mapless meanderings in the New Mexican desert and her pilgrimages to Bob Dylan's birthplace and to Larry McMurtry's dusty Texas ghost town of rare books. We feel her deep hunger while she sitszazenin a monastery in Japan, and her profound loss when she hears of the passing of a dear friend while teaching in the French countryside. Through it all, she remains grounded in a life informed by two constants- the practices of writing and of Zen. With humor and insight, Natalie encircles around the essential questions these paths compel her toward-Where does this life lead? Who are we? This is a book to be relished one awakening at a time. Each story is a reminder that no matter how hard the situation or desolate you may feel, spring will come again, breaking through a cold winter, bringing early yellow forsythia flowers. And the Great Spring of enlightenment-that sudden rush of acceptance, pain cracking open, obstructions shattering-will also burst forth.
Author: Natalie Goldberg
Format: Hardback
Number of Pages: 224
What does it take to have a long writing life? Drawing her years of writing, teaching, and practicing Zen, Natalie Goldberg shares the experiences that have opened her to new ways of being alive--experiences that point the way forward in our lives and our writing. From the beloved writing teacher behind Writing Down the Bones comes a treasury of personal stories reflecting a life filled with journeys-inner and outer-zigzagging around the world and home again Here, Natalie Goldberg shares those vivid moments that have wakened her to new ways of being. We follow alongside her mapless meanderings in the New Mexican desert and her pilgrimages to Bob Dylan's birthplace and to Larry McMurtry's dusty Texas ghost town of rare books. We feel her deep hunger while she sitszazenin a monastery in Japan, and her profound loss when she hears of the passing of a dear friend while teaching in the French countryside. Through it all, she remains grounded in a life informed by two constants- the practices of writing and of Zen. With humor and insight, Natalie encircles around the essential questions these paths compel her toward-Where does this life lead? Who are we? This is a book to be relished one awakening at a time. Each story is a reminder that no matter how hard the situation or desolate you may feel, spring will come again, breaking through a cold winter, bringing early yellow forsythia flowers. And the Great Spring of enlightenment-that sudden rush of acceptance, pain cracking open, obstructions shattering-will also burst forth.
The Great Spring: Writing, Zen, and This Zigzag Life