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 [...]
Archive for the ‘Kerouac’ Category
“Roar…”
Posted in Allen Ginsberg, Inspiration, Instructions, Katagiri Roshi, Kerouac, Natalie Goldberg, Photo Canvases, Photography, Wholeness, Writing on January 10, 2008 | 2 Comments »
“Be in love with your life…”
Posted in Kerouac, Language, Nature, Photo Canvases, Photography, Poems, Poetry, Spirituality, Writing, Zen on March 18, 2007 | 2 Comments »
“Be in love with your life” is #4 on Jack Kerouac’s List, Belief & Technique for Modern Prose. #21–”Struggle to sketch the flow that already exists intact in mind..” #28–”Composing wild, undisciplined, pure, coming in from under, crazier the better…” # 1–”Scribbled secret notebooks, and wild typewritten pages, for yr own joy…” These reminders [...]
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 [...]
“You’re a genius all the time…”
Posted in Dialogue, Giac Thanh, Inspiration, Kerouac, Kinetic Learning, Language, Listening, Nature, Photo Canvases, Photography, Poems on March 5, 2007 | 1 Comment »
…is number 29 on Jack Kerouac’s list titled Belief and Technique for Modern Prose. Number 8 is: “Write what you want bottomless from bottom of the mind.” Here are a few more… 24. No fear or shame in the dignity of yr experience, language & knowledge 25. Write for the world to read and see [...]
