Clapton & Goldberg: A Good Combination
Oct. 23rd, 2002 10:17 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sun_set_bravelyThis morning on the train I was listening to Eric Clapton's "The Cream of Clapton," and re-re-reading Natalie Goldberg's Writing Down the Bones. I'm reading it now from the angle of teaching creative writing workshops for younguns in the future.
Two Things:
1) p. 12 "Chogyam Trungpa, Rinpoche, a Tibetan Buddhist master, said, 'We must continue to open in the face of tremendous opposition. No one is encouraging us to open and still we must peel away the layers of the heart.' It is the same with this way of practice writing: We must continue to open and trust in our own voice and process. Ultimately, if the process is good, the end will be good. You will get good writing."
2) I love the way the drums are played on most of the Clapton CD I have. They've got a big sound, like they're being played by a high school marching band. It's so raucous and fun.
Two Things:
1) p. 12 "Chogyam Trungpa, Rinpoche, a Tibetan Buddhist master, said, 'We must continue to open in the face of tremendous opposition. No one is encouraging us to open and still we must peel away the layers of the heart.' It is the same with this way of practice writing: We must continue to open and trust in our own voice and process. Ultimately, if the process is good, the end will be good. You will get good writing."
2) I love the way the drums are played on most of the Clapton CD I have. They've got a big sound, like they're being played by a high school marching band. It's so raucous and fun.
