Windfall

[dreamer_easy]

I had an epiphany in the middle of the night, thanks to the Zen nun I left murmuring on my iPod. I've been feeling frustrated and unworthy because I haven't yet got an original SF novel published, let alone won the Hugo, Nebula, Tiptree, Ditmar, despairing love of all humanity, etc. This is doing things backwards. An apple tree isn't trying to make apples, or thinking 'Why haven't I made apples yet, all my mates are making fantastic apples, I'm never gonna make these freakin' apples'. It just makes a bunch of apples, because that's a hoot, and also because it's an apple tree. Like everything in nature, then, I shall be goalless.

Comments

[tysolna]

I think I could do with a Zen nun on my iPod... where can I find her? When I enter "zen nun" as search term, iTunes suggests "men run"... ;)

[dreamer-easy.livejournal.com]

The Venerable Hue Can! She's fabulous. The BSWA site seems to have lost most of its podcasts, but copies of several of her talks are all over the net. The most recent couple are here:

http://www.dhammaloka.org.au/downloads/itemlist/category/46-rains-talks.html

[tysolna]

Thank you!