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Goodreads the book of form and emptiness
Goodreads the book of form and emptiness












There is a full - deeper explanation about this ‘FACE” ‘Time Code’ project….īut basically all one has to do is LOOK IN THE MIRROR… then record your thoughts and feelings. I’d be curious as I was with Ruth’s experiment.Ī freebie (I think) on Audible …(or at least it was when I first got a copy)… Then report back to me - what the process was like? Try looking at your face in the mirror for three hours! With every book I’ve ever read by her - I have found myself thinking about things she wrote for days after.įace obsession? Avoidance? Concerns about hair loss, eye brows, crows feet, heredity concerns, childhood lingering painful memories?…. I’d need a reward! (you know - give me, give me, give me…a present if I’d succeed). She did take coffee breaks.īut mostly - for three hours she looked at her face in the mirror. Who took on an experiment- to meditate on her face for three hours (then wrote about it).

goodreads the book of form and emptiness

Is an interesting exploration of ‘thyself’ - through observation of her face and through the ages….īecoming more aware of the changes in her face, her body, our bodies, race, culture, racism, family, and society. Ruth Ozeki’s 2 hour memoir/essays/meditation/type self- reflective audiobook…(literally and figuratively)… But she looked away more than she looked directly at herself.

goodreads the book of form and emptiness

She would take a quick glance when she brushed her teeth or washed her hands. I related to Ruth when she said at some point she noticed she stopped looking in the mirror very much. How’s your buddy? The Mirror? Friend or foe? It’s funny how age reflects our inner thoughts with our relationship with ‘the mirror’. My inner critic was ‘still’ - at every age and stage systematically judgmental.

goodreads the book of form and emptiness

I looked in the mirror and said, “gee, your skin is smooth and your tight little body beautiful”…īefore skin cancer took 1/2 of my nose- in my 60’s -before my eyebrow hairs were thinning-before my head-hair was thinning-(now at age 70), before muscle loss-before an ounce of flab. It was my first stab at trying on the natural mature aloof sexy thing… I remember the day and looking back at those photos now - I can say, I was pretty cute…. I ‘remember’ photos of myself at my ‘Sweet 16’ birthday party - my all white V-neck halter top -barely covered much of my skin at all - and those all white pants … The relationship with our face as we age is - if you think about this much at all - varies from person to person.Īs I contemplate my own face - and body through the ages, I admit it’s easier to draw a blank - go numb- avoid - avoid - avoid!














Goodreads the book of form and emptiness