How naked can you go in your writing and your living? That is a question I’ve been asking myself lately as I’ve become aware of how much gets between us and… you name it. Other people, ourselves, our writing, full vibrant living. This question came to me, quite literally, on a recent trip to assistant teach at Esalen ... continue reading
How to Finish
Do you know the difference between a finished and unfinished project? I can tell you in one word. Staying. I know that seems rather obvious. If we throw up our hands and quit, whatever we are writing or doing just doesn’t happen. But it’s even deeper than that. Author Leo Babuta says that the key to mastering and finishing ... continue reading
Letting the Writing Take You
A couple of weeks ago I started writing my newsletter about a topic I love – pleasure. As I wrote, I was frolicking with words, playfully tossing them up to see where they’d land. And then I got sidetracked. I left my pleasure article holding a knapsack on the side of the road as I went off in other directions. Each day, ... continue reading
Revitalizing Our Writing
Have you ever been all charged up to write, ready to plow in and get something written (a newsletter perhaps?), yet find when you sit down words come but they’re somehow… flat? You write a sentence and it’s dry, as lifeless as the skin life behind by a snake. I’ve done that – still do sometimes as it’s all good and all part ... continue reading