Right after finishing Matsuo Basho's The Narrow Road to Deep North, I wanted to read more about haiku in a similarly reflective, travel-journal style. Goldberg's Three Simple Lines stood out and proved to be a fulfilling continuation.
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Advice from Buson
I am reading Three Simple Lines from Natalie Goldberg and she quotes Buson to the group of travelers that are in this Japan trip together: “What you want to acquire, you should dare to acquire by any means. What …
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Japanese builds from the outside in
I am reading Three Simple Lines by Natalie Goldberg and she wrote about this incident where in her trip to Japan, her student Mitsue—who is also a friend and her guide in Japan— told her about someone who wanted …
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Years of searching for meaning revealed in a minute
I am reading Natalie Goldberg's book Three Simple Lines and she wrote about her visit to Japan tracing Basho's footsteps. Together with her travel companions she meets Harada and his son, who maintains a shrine. …