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...poet decorated all his autographs with a mysterious "AH" enclosed in a circle, symbolizing a Japanese Zen one-syllable summary of afterlifeappreciation. He even drew sunflowers reminiscentof his poem "Sunflower Sutra" for some lucky fans...
Gewanter helps students take their five-minute gags and coax them into sustainable plots. He refers frequently to Aristotle's Poetics and quotes obscure Latin profundities like a Zen master turned Classics scholar. Than in the same breath, he'll praise SNL's stalker sketches. As one of his students comments, "He's very well versed in literature, but he keeps his critically-trained eye to pop culture...
...haunting story called The Runner, in which an ordinary man tries earnestly to bridge the spiritual distance between himself and his long-absent sister, legendary in Arizona for making all but impossible runs over ancient, barely visible Anasazi trails in the Grand Canyon. Her descents are a kind of Zen archery, only partly physical. Lopez, who's far too shrewd to bring the fey sister onstage, leaves the reader with a mysterious image: the woman, running on her toes like a deer, glimpsed by rafting vacationers, and then, downriver beyond impassible rock walls, glimpsed again...
...office in White Plains, Tomaino has a miniature Zen garden, a meditative sculpture and all sorts of other items to help tense patients relax. Since many people with ADHD also have learning disabilities, she tests each patient and then often uses computer programs to strengthen weak areas. But most important is helping people define their goals and take orderly steps to reach them. Whether working with a stockbroker or a homemaker, she says, "I teach adults basic rewards and goals. For instance, you can't go out to lunch until you've cleaned the kitchen...
Investment Biker has almost nothing in common with the last best seller about a motorcycle trip, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. The author of that one, Robert Pirsig, drives across the West, searching for his inner self and trying to find the meaning of life while tinkering with his engine parts. He quotes Plato and says things like "to travel is better than to arrive." Never once does he mention a single stock or a bond...