SONG The weight of the world is love. Under the burden of solitude, under the burden of dissatisfaction the weight, the weight we carry is love. Who can deny? In dreams it touches the body, in thought constructs a miracle, in imagination anguishes till born in human— looks out of the heart burning with purity- [...]
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“The soul comes joyful…”
Posted in Allen Ginsberg, Inspiration, Nature, Photo Canvases, Photography, Poems, Poetry, Wholeness, Writing on March 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
“Roar…”
Posted in Allen Ginsberg, Inspiration, Instructions, Katagiri Roshi, Kerouac, Natalie Goldberg, Photo Canvases, Photography, Wholeness, Writing on January 10, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Recently, my cyber-friend Montucky tapped me for a ROAR award. Thank you, Terry! Now, the rules for being A Roar for Powerful Words recipient state that I must share three writing tips and pass the award on to three more bloggers worthy of recognition and esteem. When it comes to writing, I turn to “beginner’s [...]
“The mind must be loose…”
Posted in Allen Ginsberg, Inspiration, Instructions, Obsessions, Photo Canvases, Photography, Spirituality, Wholeness, Writing, Zen on June 3, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Today is the birthday of the beat poet, Allen Ginsberg–informed by Rimbaud, Blake, Whitman, Ma Rainey and Vivaldi…in love with Jack Kerouac, Neal Cassady and William S. Burroughs. Fifteen years after Ginsberg wrote, “I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness, starving hysterical naked,” I found Howl and Other Poems in the [...]
Write into the Present Moment
Posted in Allen Ginsberg, Inspiration, Kerouac, Listening, Natalie Goldberg, Photo Canvases, Photography, Spirituality, Writing, Zen on March 15, 2007 | 5 Comments »
On Sunday, I’ll be teaching a day-long workshop on writing, Write Into the Present Moment. Is this because I am a great, renowned, published writer? No, it’s because I love to listen, I love to read and I love to contact the bottom of my mind through “writing practice.” Ten years ago, I connected with [...]
