This is lovely. Your allusion to the merits of writing mediocre poetry reminds me how when I heard how easy it was to write bad haiku, thinking finally a form of poetry I can be good at...
Never thought of poetry that way, but it is true in my experience too. I've only had the privilege of making my living as a writer for very short times. I finally feel it's time to share what flows through me. I've gained more confidence in reading the writings of Sera Khandro, Dewai Dorje, in this new translation by Christina L. Monson,so I'm looking at my writing differently. And pleased to meet you.
Gogo, hi! I'm delighted you're here and am excited to read your work :) I've always hoped that there would be a greater dialogue between Tibetan Buddhism and indigenous African religions. (Whenever I meet someone who practices Yoruba spirituality, I learn something.) I read the biography of Sera Khandro by Sarah Jacoby last summer, and haven't picked up the translation yet by Christina L. Monson....Writing a post on the great yogini Ayu Khandro right now and hope to have it up later this week.
I've dealt a bit in African spirituality, and took a class in Toltec Ancestral Healing. What both share with Tibetan Buddhism is the earth closeness and interactions in rituals. I read Jacoby's biography too. I really connect to her, particularly the experiences she had with her husband. Good lessons I'm learning.
It’s such a good biography, but I had a hard time finishing it because I found it so sad. But I really connect to her both as a female practitioner and as a writer. Have you read WOMEN OF WISDOM by Tsultrim Allione? It’s a short collection of biographies and texts on Tibetan yoginis.
This is such a delicious piece of writing, I am savoring it and it’s inspiring me to go out and do something that I’m really not very good at but would have fun doing. Thank you for being a big enough artist that you can give yourself permission to make bad art!
I’m happy you enjoyed it! It seems to me that we used to live in a world where people had hobbies and part of that was simply making stuff. I would like for that world to come back. I hope all the post-pandemic writing I’m see on slowing down and being gentle means that we can stop trying to be excellent all the time. Enjoy your time making something just for fun! 🩵
This is lovely. Your allusion to the merits of writing mediocre poetry reminds me how when I heard how easy it was to write bad haiku, thinking finally a form of poetry I can be good at...
Lol, thank you, James! I seem to thrive in forms where there are a lot of rules but low expectations. I should try out bad haiku.
Never thought of poetry that way, but it is true in my experience too. I've only had the privilege of making my living as a writer for very short times. I finally feel it's time to share what flows through me. I've gained more confidence in reading the writings of Sera Khandro, Dewai Dorje, in this new translation by Christina L. Monson,so I'm looking at my writing differently. And pleased to meet you.
Gogo, hi! I'm delighted you're here and am excited to read your work :) I've always hoped that there would be a greater dialogue between Tibetan Buddhism and indigenous African religions. (Whenever I meet someone who practices Yoruba spirituality, I learn something.) I read the biography of Sera Khandro by Sarah Jacoby last summer, and haven't picked up the translation yet by Christina L. Monson....Writing a post on the great yogini Ayu Khandro right now and hope to have it up later this week.
I've dealt a bit in African spirituality, and took a class in Toltec Ancestral Healing. What both share with Tibetan Buddhism is the earth closeness and interactions in rituals. I read Jacoby's biography too. I really connect to her, particularly the experiences she had with her husband. Good lessons I'm learning.
It’s such a good biography, but I had a hard time finishing it because I found it so sad. But I really connect to her both as a female practitioner and as a writer. Have you read WOMEN OF WISDOM by Tsultrim Allione? It’s a short collection of biographies and texts on Tibetan yoginis.
I read it years ago. Still have a worn paperback copy.
This is such a delicious piece of writing, I am savoring it and it’s inspiring me to go out and do something that I’m really not very good at but would have fun doing. Thank you for being a big enough artist that you can give yourself permission to make bad art!
I’m happy you enjoyed it! It seems to me that we used to live in a world where people had hobbies and part of that was simply making stuff. I would like for that world to come back. I hope all the post-pandemic writing I’m see on slowing down and being gentle means that we can stop trying to be excellent all the time. Enjoy your time making something just for fun! 🩵
Thank you, Amelia! Music is even one rung lower for me than poetry. I just plain suck and might be a bit hopeless. But I love it :)