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Norma Wong
Book Bits

The Leap: Norma Wong on Leaving the Safety of What We Know

December 6, 2024December 6, 2024 Vanessa Able

Norma Wong's rousing call to courage is not the absence of fear, but "what we are about in the face of fear and doubt."

Tagged act, aim, Courage, doubt, hawaii, jump, spiritual activism, unknown, WisdomLeave a comment
Lucille Clifton
Poetry

Lucille Clifton – Blessing the Boats

November 6, 2024November 7, 2024 Vanessa Able

Lucille Clifton's heartfelt blessing to those going forward into the mystery of unknowing, or adversity and the vast sea.

Tagged adversity, blessing, Courage, faith, love, mystery, Poetry, sea, unknowing, unknown2 Comments
Pablo Neruda
Poetry

Pablo Neruda – The Sea

July 7, 2021January 19, 2026 Vanessa Able

Pablo Neruda wonders at the draw that pulls us in to the unknown, shifting ablutions that are the action of the sea and of water.

Tagged ablution, magnetism, mystery, ocean, Poetry, pure movement, sea, teaching, unknown, Water4 Comments
Paul Tillich
Book Bits

On the Anxiety of Non-Being

December 14, 2020December 14, 2020 Vanessa Able

Theologian Paul Tillich on the interplay of anxiety and fear and how they feed in to one another at the very foundation of the human mind.

Tagged Anxiety, Death, Emptiness, existence, Fear, God, non-being, nothingness, theology, unknown2 Comments

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- BOOK BITS -

  • Rick Ruben
    “Expanding the Universe” – Rick Rubin on Awareness in Creativity
    What is the role of awareness in creativity and how can we cultivate it to make our world a bigger and clearer place?
  • Thich Nhat Hanh
    The First Door of Liberation: Thich Nhat Hanh’s Vision of Emptiness and Interbeing
    Rather than signifying a lack or a void, Thich Nhat Hanh took emptiness to be a state of inextricable and fundamental interconnectedness.
  • Mike Travisano – Bob’s Tattoos
    A short story on the power of three simple words and how much they can mean and embody.
  • Shunryu Suzuki
    Sharing the Feeling: Zen Teacher Shunryu Suzuki on Becoming Ourselves
    The importance of keeping an empty mind for savoring the present and expressing ourselves in our most authentic way.
  • Ray Bradbury
    Running After Loves – Ray Bradbury on Fostering Hunger in Writing
    Finding the truth of our authentic passions is the key to forming the foundations of a writing practice


- POETRY-

  • Emily Tong – Girlhood Ghazal
    Using the ancient poetic form of the ghazal, Asian-American poet Emily Tong searches for home in her "Girlhood Ghazal".
  • A Year of Kō: 15th Sekki
    15th Sekki poems by SHAOMEI YU, COLEMAN DAVIS AND NADINE LEITSO
  • Riley Danvers – [Soma]tic
    Oregon poet Riley Danvers reveals what it means to be human in a painful state of flux in her avant-garde [Soma]tic.
  • Phach Huynh – Traces
    Ho Chi Minh City poet Phach Huynh reveals all the stories and presences which are held in the lonely silences with his masterful "Traces".
  • A Year of Kō: 14th Sekki
    14th Sekki poems by MADISON WILLIAMS, SHAOMEI YU and ELLIOT DIAMOND
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