I Consider Writing A Legitimate Zen Practice.

What Writing Practice, Like Zen Practice Does Is Bring You Back To The Natural State Of Mind...the Mind Is Raw, Full Of Energy, Alive And Hungry. It Does Not Think In The Way We Were Brought Up To Think-well-mann Ered, Congenial.

Nobody Cares Much Whether You Write Or Not. You Just Have To Do It

Katagiri Roshi Says: "poor Artists. They Suffer Very Much. They Finish A Masterpiece And They Are Not Satisfied. They Want To Go On And Do Another." Yes, But It's Better To Go On And Do Another If You Have The Urge Than To Start Drinking And Become Alcoholic Or Eat A Pound Of Good Fudge And Get Fat.

Our Lives Are At Once Ordinary And Mythical. At The Same Instant We Have These Magnificent Hearts That Pump Through All Sorrow And All Winters We Are Alive On The Earth.

Finally, One Just Has To Shut Up, Sit Down, And Write.