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by: Peter Matthiessen
Binding: Audio Cassette
Dewey Decimal Number: 152
EAN: 9781564556639
Format: Audiobook
ISBN: 1564556638
Label: Sounds True, Incorporated
Manufacturer: Sounds True, Incorporated
Number Of Items: 2
Publication Date: June 01, 1999
Publisher: Sounds True, Incorporated
Sales Rank: 795693
Studio: Sounds True, Incorporated
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The heart of Zen practice and writing are the same, teaches Peter Matthiessen – to freshen the mind and see things in a new way. On Zen and the Writing Life, Matthiessen chronicles his own 25 years of growth as both a writer and a meditator. Can meditation be used to broaden and clarify the writer’s vision? How do you cultivate a 'beginner’s mind'? Here is an extraordinary writer’s personal account of these never-ending tasks – and essential listening for all writers interested in the spiritual life.
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Rating: - A fantastic lecture on writing and a little zen
Matthiessen is a very good speaker and teacher. He discusses his methods in an honest way. He speaks of zen in the sense of doing and not thinking of doing. His remarks and stories are at once deep and shallow. Deep in their truthfulness and shallow in the sense that he's surprisingly funny and jokes around a little. There's no secret to reveal, though. It is clear that he works quite hard. These tapes also contain interesting boigraphical information. He quotes, and comments on, several ... Read More
Rating: - Zen and the Writing Life
This is a seminar Matthiessen did on writing as a meditation. This lecture is quite different from Matthiessen's other works, in that it is far less polished. This is NOT to imply any negative conotation but rather to imply how refreshing and helpful this material is. Matthiessen focuses on his own history as a writer discussing his successes and his failures and those experiences that have been humbling and helpful in his gorwth as a writer and with his Zen life. In addition he also discusses ... Read More
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