ZEN AND THE WRITING LIFE

With sonority and the accumulated wisdom of long-term Zen practice, Matthiessen talks with great humility about his growth as a writer. The program is about how writers find inspiration and how they chip away at discovering art in their everyday experiences and in their own hearts. The stories he tells are so joyfully integrated with this author's spiritual depth that they could hardly fail to inform and inspire the listener/writer who wants a fuller spiritual life and more energy to write what needs to be written. His stories are intimate, rich, and colorful, and it's obvious in every word and phrase that he's working from a deep well of personal experiences. T.W. (c) AudioFile 2001, Portland, Maine [Published: DEC/ JAN 02]