Zen & the Art of Poetry

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September 9, 2023 a project of ServiceSpace Zen pretty much comes down to three things -- everything changes; everything is connected; pay attention. - Jane Hirshfield - Zen & the Art of Poetry "It's my nature to question, to look at the opposite side. I believe that the best writing also does this. Great literature does not take sides with the small-minded. It's not partisan or narrow. It tells us that where there is sorrow, there will be joy; where there is joy, there will be sorrow. A uni-dimensional poem would be boring. Sometimes the other side is so deeply buried, you really have to part the grasses of the poem to find it, but I would say that in a good poem, that second dimension is always there. There is always something startling and absolutely unexpected, some undertow, some magnetic pull of a fuller truth." Jane Hirshfield shares more in this interview from 2006. { read more } Be The Change For more inspiration, check out Hirshfield's essay on "Poetry, Permeability and Healing," here. { more } COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News Words Can Change Your Brain Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention Robert Lax: A Life Slowly Lived Atlas of the Heart 10 Life-Changing Perspectives On Anger 10 Insights from 2021 That Give Us Hope Calligraphy-- A Sacred Tradition The Seven Types of Rest Everyone Needs DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 155,332 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other ServiceSpace projects include: KindSpring  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  Awakin  //  More