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Title: Long Quiet Highway : Waking Up in America by Natalie Goldberg ISBN: 0-553-37315-3 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 February, 1994 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.52 (21 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Zen in the art of writing . . .
Comment: Waking up in America. Natalie Goldberg weaves a wonderful book based on the details of her life and times. At the same time, this book is perhaps the most interesting explanation of Zen practice that I've read in a long time. By weaving her own story of Zen practice with the principles of writing and giving vision to how each is connected to the other, Goldberg draws the reader into an appreciation of both disciplines.
I found myself mourning just as she described herself to be at the loss of Kitigari Roshi. Somehow, Goldberg had gotten me to be as much in love with Roshi as she, and so the loss was real when she described the events leading up to and then his actual death. But that is exactly what she tries to explain in the Long Quiet Highway, that we have to experience now, and be open to the present fully, unconditionally. The beauty of this book is that it not only explains in mere words the principles she espouses, but it elicits those feelings directly through the very words we are reading.
Easy insight comes also from her teaching experiences. That is not to imply that the lessons learned were easy for Ms. Goldberg, but rather that her word pictures make it easy for the reader to understand and visualize what actually happened, what lights went on with the students, and how she managed to make that happen. I thought that I would perhaps be a bit bored with this, her fourth book for me, but I could not have been more incorrect.
This book has inspired me to go back and re-read some of the Zen texts I've collected. At the same time, it has encouraged me to make time for my own writing practice - no excuses, no postponing, just do it.
Rating: 5
Summary: A spiritual journey of self-discovery
Comment: This is the spiritual journey of the author, Natalie Goldberg. Natalie goes from high school teaching, to a commune in Taos, to a Zen center in Minnesota. She learns how to write, and teach others to write. The book focuses on a relationship that develops between Natilie and her spiritual teacher, a Zen monk. Natalie questions her spirituality, as a student of Zen, a member of the Jewish faith, and a grieving writer. Her attention to minute details, her description of her spiritual dilemnas, and her grief for a man who gave her his love leave the reader with an understanding of what makes life special and worth living. I was left with an overwhelming feeling of Natalie's loss, and the illumination of what it means to be alive, and present. Natalie's prose is beautiful, that alone is worth the read.
Rating: 5
Summary: Not Just About Writing, No This One Is Ultimately About Life
Comment: Imagine running a marathon for 1000 days in 7 years. Sound crazy to you? Well, there is a Japanese order of monks who did just that, and immediately following the marathon they fasted for 9 days; that is, they had no food OR water and NO SLEEP. Sound extreme? Perhaps, but it is a practice which is said to completely awaken these monks, heightening their senses such as keenness of their noses and ears.
Like these monks, Natalie Goldberg has a marathon of her own to keep her senses sharpened. She writes, and does so very often. Her writing allows her to understand her own life experience in a concrete way. This book is like a chronicle if Goldberg's life, a fascinating tale of peace work and Zen practice. We all have something to learn in another's experience, especially when there is a very human quality to it. Very personal. Because that's our own life, and like Natalie uses her experience to help others we likewise can do the same. Goldberg has written a myriad of books on writing as a spiritual process, and this is possibly her very best one. Enjoy!
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Title: Wild Mind : Living the Writer's Life by Natalie Goldberg ISBN: 0553347756 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 October, 1990 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: Thunder and Lightning : Cracking Open the Writer's Craft by NATALIE GOLDBERG ISBN: 0553374966 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 30 October, 2001 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: Writing Down the Bones by Natalie Goldberg ISBN: 0877733759 Publisher: Shambhala Pub. Date: 12 October, 1986 List Price(USD): $10.95 |
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Title: Banana Rose by Natalie Goldberg ISBN: 055337513X Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 March, 1997 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Living Color: A Writer Paints Her World by Natalie Goldberg ISBN: 0553354892 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 02 September, 1997 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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