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52Your Write to Happiness VI
by ayjay
I have boxes of unfinished writings that clog my studio apartment like accusing ghosts. These are stories, plays, novels, screenplays that I started with great enthusiasm and creative energy, but allowed to... published 5 months ago
57Fiction Writing As Therapy XIII
by ayjay
I suffered a torn meniscus in my left knee recently, and have been taking codeine pills as part of my pain management regimen. Since the pills are narcotic, my thoughts drifted to William Burroughs. I... published 7 months ago
48Fiction Writing As Therapy XII
by ayjay
Sylvia Boorstein has published a book entitled Happiness Is an Inside Job. Before she wrote it, she composed a prayer to tape to her computer: "May the writing of this book be my practice. May the faith I... published 7 months ago
57Fiction Writing As Therapy 11
by ayjay
I find it useful to carry a sketch pad in my backpack as I travel about Portland, Oregon on public transportation. I draw while riding on the bus and train, I draw people as I sit in coffee shops, and I... published 8 months ago
62Fiction Writing As Therapy X
by ayjay
I recently found it necessary to purchase a hand-held cassette recorder because I need to provide taped material to a place I have dealings with. I am discovering the joys and challenges of creating fiction... published 8 months ago
57Fiction Writing As Therapy VIII
by ayjay
I wait for my bus to work in the mornings across the street from Powell's Books in Portland, Oregon. This is one of the biggest bookstores in the country, if notthe world. I was standing at the stop this... published 8 months ago
59Fiction Writing As Therapy VII
by ayjay
The Dalai Lama wrote, in The Path of the Bodhisattva, "Attention is very important. We must be constantly alert, attentive to our actions, and our behavior in order to make necessary changes of direction."... published 8 months ago
52Fiction Writing As Therapy VI
by ayjay
"Do not think you will necessarily be aware of your own enlightenment." Dogen And isn't that the point of this whole creative exercise we call life? We become adepts at being what Master Suzuki called "life... published 8 months ago
61Fiction Writing As Therapy V
by ayjay
Charles Mee is a playwright who posts his work to be used and copied for free--he in turn has used classic plays and material from contemporary life to write his plays. Here is a section from a play caled The... published 8 months ago
52Writing As Therapy III
by ayjay
The past week, Sunday through Sunday, was the Buddhist celebration of Rohatsu, commemerating the Buddha's attainment of enlightenment. His enlightenment was/is my enlightenment, and my enlightenment is his &... published 9 months ago
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