There is something around forgetting the "self" and other labels like "Buddhist" or "woman", and something around finding labels or words useful as communication tools.
Clumsy or inept pointers, like a blindfolded child swinging wildly for the piñata, or a moth circling a flame...
There are so many beautifully-expressed ideas here. I love how you somehow manage to write about the edges of things, more, your words kind of work around the tricky things, until eventually I have a sense of something, without you ever having told me about it directly...
There is something around forgetting the "self" and other labels like "Buddhist" or "woman", and something around finding labels or words useful as communication tools.
Clumsy or inept pointers, like a blindfolded child swinging wildly for the piñata, or a moth circling a flame...
Thanks for this article, Sarah.
There are so many beautifully-expressed ideas here. I love how you somehow manage to write about the edges of things, more, your words kind of work around the tricky things, until eventually I have a sense of something, without you ever having told me about it directly...