Comments on: Birth of Poetry Evolution Blog http://www.poetryevolution.com/2006/06/02/birth-of-poetry-evolution-blog/ Hari Bhajan's musings on poetry, spirit and every day life. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 23:44:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 By: Liza http://www.poetryevolution.com/2006/06/02/birth-of-poetry-evolution-blog/#comment-15 Liza Mon, 19 Jun 2006 13:20:45 +0000 http://www.poetryevolution.com/2006/06/02/birth-of-poetry-evolution-blog/#comment-15 Yes, yes definitely. Or the difference between fighting and praying. War and peace..... I also loved his assertion that the real "story" if you will, lies in the ambiguity that surrounds and envelops the facts. The fact itself, i.e. I went to the store and bought bread, is wholly uninteresting by itself. However, it's the things that happened on the way to the store that could ignite enough passion to become a workable piece of writing. Further, the things that happened on the way to the store don't necessarily wrap up nicely upon my return home. Some things may, and probably are unresolved. That lack of resolution, according to Junger, is not only the most interesting part of the story, it's the very reason the story exists at all. More to come........... Lots of love Yes, yes definitely. Or the difference between fighting and praying. War and peace…..

I also loved his assertion that the real “story” if you will, lies in the ambiguity that surrounds and envelops the facts. The fact itself, i.e. I went to the store and bought bread, is wholly uninteresting by itself. However, it’s the things that happened on the way to the store that could ignite enough passion to become a workable piece of writing. Further, the things that happened on the way to the store don’t necessarily wrap up nicely upon my return home. Some things may, and probably are unresolved. That lack of resolution, according to Junger, is not only the most interesting part of the story, it’s the very reason the story exists at all.

More to come………..
Lots of love

]]> By: Hari Bhajan http://www.poetryevolution.com/2006/06/02/birth-of-poetry-evolution-blog/#comment-13 Hari Bhajan Sat, 17 Jun 2006 18:00:46 +0000 http://www.poetryevolution.com/2006/06/02/birth-of-poetry-evolution-blog/#comment-13 Liza...I'm intrigued by this concept of following the images, not the storyline. I know when I write if I relax and allow myself to tune in to the inner images, as well as what I am experiencing through my senses they will lead me to very intriguing and unusual places, whereas when I'm caught in what I think should transpire the poem or essay usually turns out dull and lifeless. I picture the difference between skipping and trudging. Is this your understanding, Liza? Anyone else? Liza…I’m intrigued by this concept of following the images, not the storyline. I know when I write if I relax and allow myself to tune in to the inner images, as well as what I am experiencing through my senses they will lead me to very intriguing and unusual places, whereas when I’m caught in what I think should transpire the poem or essay usually turns out dull and lifeless. I picture the difference between skipping and trudging. Is this your understanding, Liza? Anyone else?

]]> By: Liza http://www.poetryevolution.com/2006/06/02/birth-of-poetry-evolution-blog/#comment-12 Liza Thu, 15 Jun 2006 21:58:37 +0000 http://www.poetryevolution.com/2006/06/02/birth-of-poetry-evolution-blog/#comment-12 Hi All- Went to a dinner party and reading last night with Sebastian Junger of "The Perfect Storm" fame. He has a new book in the pipeline called "A Death In Belmont". His story is very similar to my Costa story. I was mezmerized as he lectured on what makes a story interesting, his take is that ambiguity does, and his in depth research on the way memory works. I suppose it's no surprise to all you poets out there that memory actually works in images rather than storylines. This suddenly seems so clear to me. I know I had heard this before or read it somewhere before but for whatever reason, listening to him talk, it felt like the first time. So for all of you writers out there, trust the images that come. I've spent alot of time questioning them but now I think they may be the true path to the center. Love Liza Hi All-

Went to a dinner party and reading last night with Sebastian Junger of “The Perfect Storm” fame. He has a new book in the pipeline called “A Death In Belmont”. His story is very similar to my Costa story. I was mezmerized as he lectured on what makes a story interesting, his take is that ambiguity does, and his in depth research on the way memory works. I suppose it’s no surprise to all you poets out there that memory actually works in images rather than storylines. This suddenly seems so clear to me. I know I had heard this before or read it somewhere before but for whatever reason, listening to him talk, it felt like the first time. So for all of you writers out there, trust the images that come. I’ve spent alot of time questioning them but now I think they may be the true path to the center.

Love
Liza

]]> By: Hari Bhajan http://www.poetryevolution.com/2006/06/02/birth-of-poetry-evolution-blog/#comment-11 Hari Bhajan Thu, 08 Jun 2006 19:08:03 +0000 http://www.poetryevolution.com/2006/06/02/birth-of-poetry-evolution-blog/#comment-11 Tamara--Loved your website... Love all the color, the images, the depth of connection there...and the fun. Really like "Swan Circles." Going to Chartes!! Wow! What's an Anusara workshop? Yoga, meditation, Art? Love to have a picture of your pup. Email it to me and I'll put it on the site. The more puppies the merrier! Also, send a photo of an art piece and I'll post it with your site address. In the spirit of Charlotte and all great souls who seek to inspire and love may we always walk in peace and kindness. HB Tamara–Loved your website…
Love all the color, the images, the depth of connection there…and the fun. Really like “Swan Circles.” Going to Chartes!! Wow! What’s an Anusara workshop? Yoga, meditation, Art? Love to have a picture of your pup. Email it to me and I’ll put it on the site. The more puppies the merrier! Also, send a photo of an art piece and I’ll post it with your site address. In the spirit of Charlotte and all great souls who seek to inspire and love may we always walk in peace and kindness. HB

]]> By: Tamara http://www.poetryevolution.com/2006/06/02/birth-of-poetry-evolution-blog/#comment-10 Tamara Thu, 08 Jun 2006 12:28:14 +0000 http://www.poetryevolution.com/2006/06/02/birth-of-poetry-evolution-blog/#comment-10 Hi Hari Bhajan. As a matter of fact I did do my site some of the work you saw in Vermont is up plus a lot of other stuff. Most of the winter and spring I was attending to family business. My grandfather/father passed end of January which was really the end of an era for me. Then Charlotte, and then another dear dear person in my life, a second mother. So it that I am in the grieving process but it all seems to have shifted in the last couple of weeks and last weekend I just started to paint like crazy! My best, best, best, news is my pup Bear. He showed up 3 weeks before my Grandfather died and it's a nice tie in with the rest of the doggy posts. I have learned so much from this boy, he's all heart! If I can figure out how to post a pic I will. I call him chunky Pom, he's a 12lb creme Pomeranian. I saw "Inconvenient Truth" last night, really really this message needs to be seen. We can do something about Global Warming. As the movie so beautifully shows, with footage of hurricanes, our Mother (Gaia, Earth) is begging us to wake up. There are many mechanisms in place that are natural events to preserve the balance of our planet and this movie really shows in a simple way how we are creating our own catastrophic natural disasters. Anyway I have a great summer planned for myself, going to Chartes, doing an Anusara workshop, and even a vision quest, and now I can read tons of Poetry to boot! Hi Hari Bhajan.

As a matter of fact I did do my site some of the work you saw in Vermont is up plus a lot of other stuff. Most of the winter and spring I was attending to family business. My grandfather/father passed end of January which was really the end of an era for me. Then Charlotte, and then another dear dear person in my life, a second mother. So it that I am in the grieving process but it all seems to have shifted in the last couple of weeks and last weekend I just started to paint like crazy!

My best, best, best, news is my pup Bear. He showed up 3 weeks before my Grandfather died and it’s a nice tie in with the rest of the doggy posts. I have learned so much from this boy, he’s all heart! If I can figure out how to post a pic I will. I call him chunky Pom, he’s a 12lb creme Pomeranian.

I saw “Inconvenient Truth” last night, really really this message needs to be seen. We can do something about Global Warming. As the movie so beautifully shows, with footage of hurricanes, our Mother (Gaia, Earth) is begging us to wake up. There are many mechanisms in place that are natural events to preserve the balance of our planet and this movie really shows in a simple way how we are creating our own catastrophic natural disasters.

Anyway I have a great summer planned for myself, going to Chartes, doing an Anusara workshop, and even a vision quest, and now I can read tons of Poetry to boot!

]]> By: Hari Bhajan http://www.poetryevolution.com/2006/06/02/birth-of-poetry-evolution-blog/#comment-8 Hari Bhajan Tue, 06 Jun 2006 23:33:37 +0000 http://www.poetryevolution.com/2006/06/02/birth-of-poetry-evolution-blog/#comment-8 So many of my favorite people...Ignatius, Gurprasad, Tamara, Liza, Retha, All of you and the ones who couldn't figure out how the heck to leave a message. I love you. Come back, bring something you've written, start your own blog and we'll become blog buddies. Oh, God. What a crazy deal is this world. Tamara, how's the art? What's your website? Do you have one? Retha, go for it on that memoir...I want to read it. Ignatius, your story needs to be told, as well. And, Liza, you, you are going to write yours. Gurprasad, such a beautiful voice, a singer, a teller of tales. Let's rise up and do our thing. It's all about that one wild and precious life. HariB So many of my favorite people…Ignatius, Gurprasad, Tamara, Liza, Retha, All of you and the ones who couldn’t figure out how the heck to leave a message. I love you. Come back, bring something you’ve written, start your own blog and we’ll become blog buddies. Oh, God. What a crazy deal is this world. Tamara, how’s the art? What’s your website? Do you have one? Retha, go for it on that memoir…I want to read it. Ignatius, your story needs to be told, as well. And, Liza, you, you are going to write yours. Gurprasad, such a beautiful voice, a singer, a teller of tales. Let’s rise up and do our thing. It’s all about that one wild and precious life. HariB

]]> By: Retha http://www.poetryevolution.com/2006/06/02/birth-of-poetry-evolution-blog/#comment-7 Retha Tue, 06 Jun 2006 20:01:44 +0000 http://www.poetryevolution.com/2006/06/02/birth-of-poetry-evolution-blog/#comment-7 Hari Bhajan, I must say you've inspired me to get of my ass and write again, and for that - Thank you. I've been stuck for awhile, even though, I've been telling people I'm working on a manuscript. It was mostly in my mind. So much good will come from your new endeavor. I know it. Love, Retha Hari Bhajan,

I must say you’ve inspired me to get of my ass and write again, and for that - Thank you. I’ve been stuck for awhile, even though, I’ve been telling people I’m working on a manuscript. It was mostly in my mind. So much good will come from your new endeavor. I know it.

Love,

Retha

]]> By: Tamara http://www.poetryevolution.com/2006/06/02/birth-of-poetry-evolution-blog/#comment-6 Tamara Tue, 06 Jun 2006 11:28:29 +0000 http://www.poetryevolution.com/2006/06/02/birth-of-poetry-evolution-blog/#comment-6 Hi Hari Bhajan, what a great idea! I think of blogs like fields where you thow out a handful of he "wildflower mix" of seeds and see what comes up. While I know this place will be beyond the ADP borders, I do miss hearing all the talented writers that always seemed to be there during cycles. Still gulping oodles of Yogi tea, my drink of choice! looking forward to lurking about Tamara Hi Hari Bhajan,

what a great idea! I think of blogs like fields where you thow out a handful of he “wildflower mix” of seeds and see what comes up.

While I know this place will be beyond the ADP borders, I do miss hearing all the talented writers that always seemed to be there during cycles.

Still gulping oodles of Yogi tea, my drink of choice!

looking forward to lurking about

Tamara

]]> By: Gurprasad Kaur http://www.poetryevolution.com/2006/06/02/birth-of-poetry-evolution-blog/#comment-5 Gurprasad Kaur Tue, 06 Jun 2006 02:34:30 +0000 http://www.poetryevolution.com/2006/06/02/birth-of-poetry-evolution-blog/#comment-5 Dear Hari Bhajan Kaur, I continue to delight in the written word as it comes through You! Your many and varied forms of expression amaze, inspire, touch and tickle me so...and I love your pictures and bio. What a wonderful way to share yourself with all of us! Your real and down to earth approach makes it feel very user friendly (for techno-idiots like me!) I wish you much joy and discovery on this new journey and thank you so much for providing this beautiful forum for community and connection. Love, Gurprasad Kaur Dear Hari Bhajan Kaur,

I continue to delight in the written word as it comes through You! Your many and varied forms of expression amaze, inspire, touch and tickle me so…and I love your pictures and bio. What a wonderful way to share yourself with all of us!

Your real and down to earth approach makes it feel very user friendly (for techno-idiots like me!) I wish you much joy and discovery on this new journey and thank you so much for providing this beautiful forum for community and connection.

Love,
Gurprasad Kaur

]]> By: Liza http://www.poetryevolution.com/2006/06/02/birth-of-poetry-evolution-blog/#comment-4 Liza Sun, 04 Jun 2006 11:33:27 +0000 http://www.poetryevolution.com/2006/06/02/birth-of-poetry-evolution-blog/#comment-4 Dearest Friend- I feel a new era dawning here on the web. You are brave to attempt this "blog" thing and frankly, for my money, quite good at it. What is a "blog" anyway but another way to hear and be heard. Another way for souls to find one another. We need all the different avenues we can uncover that feed and nourish connection to and with one another. Thank you dear Hari Bhajan. Reading your blog this morning was an absolute delight. With love from your faithful disciple- Liza Dearest Friend-

I feel a new era dawning here on the web.

You are brave to attempt this “blog” thing and frankly, for my money, quite good at it. What is a “blog” anyway but another way to hear and be heard. Another way for souls to find one another. We need all the different avenues we can uncover that feed and nourish connection to and with one another. Thank you dear Hari Bhajan. Reading your blog this morning was an absolute delight.

With love from your faithful disciple-
Liza

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