Welcome to part two of my interview with Ann Tashi Slater, author of the new book, “Traveling in Bardo: The Art of Living in an Impermanent World.” Bardo is a Buddhist concept that describes a transitional state, such as between death and rebirth, but also about being alive and in between being born and dying. In Traveling in Bardo, Anne shares how we can apply Buddhist teachings on acceptance, interdependence, and impermanence to our ever-changing lives.
In today's episode, I'm asking Anne about the inner stuff that goes into writing, including:
- The Spanish movie she’s been obsessed with since she was a kid and that inspired a recent essay for Narrative Magazine
- How writing and reading are so different from talking and listening, even though they’re both conversations between two people
- How she, an extremely private person, gradually acclimated to sharing and promoting her work, and how this process reminds her of her dog
- How she quiets the inner critic
- Why she never meets anyone for lunch
- The ways her work practices have–and mostly, have not–changed since her kids have left the nest and her schedule is her own
- The things that motivated her to build the habit of writing everyday
Connect with Ann @AnnTashiSlater on Instagram, Facebook, Blue Sky, and LinkedIn, or at anntoshislater.com.
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