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You look at where you’re going and where you are and it never makes sense, but then you look back at where you’ve been and a pattern seems to emerge.

By Robert Pirsig
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Robert M. Pirsig (1928–2017) was an American author and professor. Pirsig was best known for his book Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, a contemporary philosophical meditation on how to live.

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Zen Mind, Writer’s Mind

Natalie Goldberg’s classic Writing Down the Bones introduced writing as a spiritual practice. She discusses Zen and the writer’s practice with author and Buddhist teacher Steve Hagen, moderated by Scott Edelstein.

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Natalie Goldberg
2021
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Natalie Goldberg on NaNoWriMo

"National Novel Writing Month, I think, fits in beautifully with writing practice," says Natalie Goldberg, who has authored some of the best writing guides around (Wild Mind, Writing Down the Bones). Goldberg has long felt that the writing process should be intuitive and uncensored.

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Natalie Goldberg
2011
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The Great Spring: Writing, Zen, and this Zigzag Life

Here, Natalie Goldberg, “a writer both energized and enlightened” (Julia Cameron), shares those vivid moments that have wakened her to new ways of being.

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Natalie Goldberg
2016
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