tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2846773082587222338.post4014838787509354444..comments2023-08-09T13:06:05.905-04:00Comments on Sut Nam Bonsai: Swinging the HammerKarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05188240393702813228noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2846773082587222338.post-66096249254033788162012-06-21T16:48:36.893-04:002012-06-21T16:48:36.893-04:00Whitney!
I LOVE that iteration of play and work -...Whitney!<br /><br />I LOVE that iteration of play and work - and it is so dang true. Allow me to steal my old classmate's quotation of this Osho saying (and please look at her radiant picture here - http://www.sonicbloomfestival.com/patricia-melero/. Isn't she wonderful?):<br /><br />“Don’t seek, don’t search, don’t ask, don’t knock, don’t demand – relax. If you relax, it comes. If you relax, it is there. If you relax, you start vibrating with it.” Osho<br /><br />Hooray world (and your visit to the sun tunnels)!<br />Love<br />KKarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05188240393702813228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2846773082587222338.post-56256951997010528582012-06-21T16:43:09.503-04:002012-06-21T16:43:09.503-04:00Hi Erin! I love your insights so much. Tim likes...Hi Erin! I love your insights so much. Tim likes to joke that I got my MRS and my MFA in school - a possibly groan-worthy joke, but also true. I have had such a chip on my shoulder about studying writing, and I realized lately that it doesn't matter at all. Creativity is its own force, and we are lucky when we remember to listen to her! <br /><br />I read this article years ago in Yoga Journal about "easing into action" or something like that - discussing the balance point between effort and surrender. Both are essential, and intertwined, and so difficult to understand sometimes! But we keep trying :)<br /><br />Tons of love, and gratitude for your friendship,<br />KKarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05188240393702813228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2846773082587222338.post-56724816723059904632012-06-08T19:03:43.412-04:002012-06-08T19:03:43.412-04:00Ah Cecelia, thank you! You make me happy!Ah Cecelia, thank you! You make me happy!Karahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05188240393702813228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2846773082587222338.post-30333687274807691422012-06-07T04:39:49.823-04:002012-06-07T04:39:49.823-04:00Dear Kara,
I love the poem!
Your post makes me h...Dear Kara, <br />I love the poem! <br />Your post makes me happy. :) <br />Thank you.Tiechhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14462432578813266879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2846773082587222338.post-86943895095009018722012-06-04T15:35:50.420-04:002012-06-04T15:35:50.420-04:00Oh Kara, thank you again. You are so wise, and you...Oh Kara, thank you again. You are so wise, and your blog is so rich! I love it. And this post was brilliant. I think sometimes that the best and worst thing the MFA did for me was give me something to "live up to." In one sense, it keeps me writing when I'm tempted to quit, and at other times, it adds to the stress of writing (which can already be stressful all by itself!). It's hard to feel the "I should have published something by now!" pressure. I finished the degree four years ago. Four years! But, it's pointless to think like that, I'm finding. It doesn't make my writing any better, anyway, and isn't that what this is supposed to be about? Sigh...Erin Seabolt Bondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12233039257580985107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2846773082587222338.post-11208721257775603522012-06-04T15:30:49.267-04:002012-06-04T15:30:49.267-04:00I love this idea of play & rest! Thank you for...I love this idea of play & rest! Thank you for sharing!Erin Seabolt Bondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12233039257580985107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2846773082587222338.post-58246651387219277742012-06-01T17:16:25.034-04:002012-06-01T17:16:25.034-04:00oh goodness, i just finished (and started to putti...oh goodness, i just finished (and started to putting into practice) reading a passage from martha beck's latest book on this very matter. she insists that to perform at our most productive, we should have two modes--play & rest. play until you feel like resting, and rest until you feel like playing. & the only questions you should ask yourself is (depending on your mode) "how can i make this more playful?" or "how can i make this more restful?" the brilliant part is that it works! <br /><br />i think we think if we step out of what we think we "should" be doing, we'll never want to get back on the course of doing it again...but it really does all balance out--suddenly you'll be struck by the urge to actually do *playfully* what ought to be done.<br /><br />i think the career/job moniker/concept is such a confusing misnomer i'll be happy when it eventually dies out as an antiquated relic of jargon (and i say this as someone who, in addition to trying nearly every job out there [including 5 that touch on your list], was so good at getting them, i started presenting my "method" at universities & coaching others). <br /><br />it took me landing and hating my own dream jobs and time and years and life experience before i had any cognizant inkling that i might want to write--or rather, the inkling was perhaps always there, but i needed swathes of life experience to really have something to write about--or be able to say with conviction, "*halt*, enough, this is literally the only thing in the world i really care about doing anymore, to hell with every corporation that would like to lease out my brain." <br /><br />but the point is, career track (as if there were actually a track you could get on) is nonsense or the notion that there are slots where people belong if only they contort themselves into one... everyone is on an adventure--full stop.Ms.Nožiskováhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04258554484478216325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2846773082587222338.post-9782739556858362032012-05-30T13:18:54.679-04:002012-05-30T13:18:54.679-04:00I think you just came up with your blog idea, S. ...I think you just came up with your blog idea, S. In case you were looking for one.Karahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05188240393702813228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2846773082587222338.post-71276725347081668572012-05-30T13:18:12.251-04:002012-05-30T13:18:12.251-04:00Sweet Amelia!
I've missed me too! It's s...Sweet Amelia!<br /><br />I've missed me too! It's so nice to be back. <br /><br />I'm so glad you enjoyed your day. I really believe in those sorts, as you know :) Next time, please swing by my house, and I will ride along as you errand...xoxoKarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05188240393702813228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2846773082587222338.post-22134468992804503902012-05-30T11:42:48.090-04:002012-05-30T11:42:48.090-04:00p.s. The above strikes me as very much the opposit...p.s. The above strikes me as very much the opposite of the Gary Paulsen approach.Amelia Morrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09374986152389436014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2846773082587222338.post-59618435547655460532012-05-30T11:37:21.482-04:002012-05-30T11:37:21.482-04:00I'd love a list! THANKS in advance.I'd love a list! THANKS in advance.Amelia Morrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09374986152389436014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2846773082587222338.post-63945719339073073612012-05-30T11:36:24.060-04:002012-05-30T11:36:24.060-04:00Karaaaaa! there you are! I missed you! But the wai...Karaaaaa! there you are! I missed you! But the wait was worth it. Yesterday, I had the day off and just didn't want to write. I just didn't want to, but more than that, I felt like not writing was going to be more productive for the project in the long run. So, instead of sit down at my computer, I cleaned the bathroom, went to yoga, had lunch while watching Giada At Home, went to Loehman's (sp?), and then went to the grocery store. When I came home, I felt like reading... and then, what do you know? I found myself needing to write down a few thoughts re: the project I'm working on, a few thoughts that I don't think would've come to me had I approached the day differently. I credit you for days like this! Days where I cut myself some slack and let myself do what I want. <br />So, in short: much much love and thanks,<br />ameliaAmelia Morrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09374986152389436014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2846773082587222338.post-4787988929313314902012-05-30T11:29:09.849-04:002012-05-30T11:29:09.849-04:00Someone should give me a job where all I do is com...Someone should give me a job where all I do is come up w/ lists.Sumanthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08636884327173929054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2846773082587222338.post-40070110908458437522012-05-30T11:13:40.527-04:002012-05-30T11:13:40.527-04:00No! The list was great. And miracle of miracles,...No! The list was great. And miracle of miracles, I found it: <br /><br />school teacher<br />tennis coach<br />copy writer for ad agency<br />secretary<br />something at a bank<br />something w/ food<br />proofreader at a hospital<br />literary agent<br />running a homeless shelter<br />newspaper reporter<br />city organizer<br />intern at architecture firm<br />write a tell-all memoir<br />something w/ county parks<br />animal trainer at the zoo<br />something at a history museum<br />bookstore manager<br />freelance illustrator<br /><br />I loved that list, and your enthusiasm for life. Nothing seems to daunt you - and this I love most of all. Reading over the list now, many seem very suited to me. <br /><br />Perhaps I should edit my post, to properly illustrate your prophetic brilliance. In any case, thank you, sincerely! <br />KKarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05188240393702813228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2846773082587222338.post-8792201068947193962012-05-30T10:59:28.134-04:002012-05-30T10:59:28.134-04:00I can't find that list anywhere, in my email o...I can't find that list anywhere, in my email or in my memory. Was it that off the mark?Sumanthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08636884327173929054noreply@blogger.com