In my quest to understand Zen I thought like many people that there was a truth you had to understand or an answer to grasp. I learned just how wrong I was and in doing so learned what Zen and Buddhism offers us. Zen does it’s thing by undermining peoples expectations, destroying their sense of […]
Zen is an Intimacy with the Moment
In my journey into Buddhism and Zen, I found an odd paradox that at its most basic there is not much to learn. Because there’s nothing really to grasp as such, no mysterious or secret knowledge to attain or grasp. No bedrock of truth to build a life upon. Instead, it’s the philosophy letting go […]
The torturous quest to find your Creative Voice
Whats my voice?!! My Niche! My focus, the purpose with my art? What sort of writer/artist do I want to be? I’m looking at other bloggers and artists talking about success, life, happiness etc. Podcasts mostly. When I self help book i sometimes get envious. Because it’s the sort of book i imagined myself writing […]
We are all Inbetweeners
‘The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance’ Alan Watts During moments of change in our lives where confusion and doubt reign. A place where we seem to be in no place, or in-between places. In limbo uncertainty and fear mix with […]
The Myth of Going it alone
‘If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together’ African proverb In our highly individualistic society, we’ve got it into our heads that we need to do everything ourselves. The lone hero saving the day. The isolated artist or writer. Such a sentiment prevents us from reaching and […]
The pitfalls of self-help/Personal Development – Passion Myth
‘The desire to find that one true passion leaves people anxious because they can’t find it, afraid they’ll never will locate it, and exhausted from trying’ Richard Collison I’ve heard this one a lot many years ago. Just ‘follow your passion’ and you will find success. Find and follow what makes your pulse quicken, your […]