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richardwells's review against another edition
4.0
The struggles that art demands. The failure in every piece of art produced.
Transcendence through form; transcendence through formlessness; your brain congratulates you on transcending - no transcendence at all.
Mailer and his ego; Beckett and his humility; Shainberg and his need; Roshi above, before, behind; within.
Death needs no appointment. Shainberg is the last man shaking.
Transcendence through form; transcendence through formlessness; your brain congratulates you on transcending - no transcendence at all.
Mailer and his ego; Beckett and his humility; Shainberg and his need; Roshi above, before, behind; within.
Death needs no appointment. Shainberg is the last man shaking.
kmccubbin's review
4.0
A lovely sketchbook of ideas about three figures in the author's life - Samuel Beckett, Norman Mailer and his Zen teacher - and their effect on Shainberg's life and practice.
No one has ever captured the difficulty of the first few hours of a Sesshin that I have read. The rest of the book is fairly breezy and interesting.
No one has ever captured the difficulty of the first few hours of a Sesshin that I have read. The rest of the book is fairly breezy and interesting.
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