Tru Nature: Di Layf fɔ Pita Matisin

"Di aim fɔ layf na fɔ liv, ɛn fɔ liv min fɔ no — gladi, drɔnk, kol, divayn aware." — Pan ɔl we dɛn kin se na Ɛnri Mila rayt am bɔku tɛm, i de kapchɔ di opareshɔn filɔsofi we Mathiessen bin ɛmbodi akɔdin to ɛvri ikɔsistɛn ɛn pej we i mit.

Us Rol Zen Budis bin Ple insay Matthiessen in Literary Identity?

Dɛn bin ɔdinet Matthiessen as Zen Buddhist prist insay 1981, ɛn in prɔsis nɔ bin de fɔ dɛkɔret. I bin rili chenj di we aw i bin de mek in proz. Di spay, prɛzɛnt-tɛns urgency fɔ in leta wok de sho wan maynd we dɛn tren fɔ sustained, non-grasping attention. I bin diskraib Zen nɔto as ɛspɛk frɔm di wɔl bɔt as we fɔ rich ful wan insay am — fɔ pul kɔnsɛpt ɔvlayz fɔ mit wetin rili de ya.

Dis mek i bi wan spɛshal kwalifay gayd fɔ ɔl tu di natura ɛkosistim ɛn mɔtalman kɔnshɛns. In raytin nɔ de ɛksplen nature; i de alaw di pɔsin we de rid fɔ de de. Dat kwaliti fɔ prezɛns — fɔ sɔftwɛl we nɔ de kam insay di we fɔ di ɛkspiriɛns — nɔ bɔku na ɛni disiplin.

Aw Matthiessen Balans Bɔku Kariɛra We Nɔ Lɔs Kɔhɛrɛns?

Di kwɛshɔn bɔt aw fɔ manej bɔku simultaneɔs rispɔnsibiliti dɛn we nɔ gɛt fragmɛnt na wan we Matthiessen ansa tru liv ɛgzampul. Di we aw i bin de du tin bin inklud sɔm intalɔk disiplin dɛn:

we dɛn kɔl
• Radikal prayoritayzeshɔn fɔ atɛnshɔn: Ilɛksɛf i de rayt fikshɔn ɔ i de katalog di spisis dɛn we de pan denja, Mathiessen bin briŋ in ful ɔbzhɔveshɔn kapasiti to di wok we i bin de du, i nɔ ɛva deleget in prezɛns.
• Integreshɔn ova kɔmpatmɛntalayzeshɔn: In CIA ia, in kɔnsavayshɔn aktivism, in fikshɔn, ɛn in Zen prɔsis nɔto bin sɛpret dipatmɛnt — ɛni wan bin infɔm di ɔda wan dɛn, we mek wan yunifayd ɔpreshɔn sistɛm fɔ in layf.
• Lɔng-ak tinkin: Di Watson trilɔji tek ova tati ia fɔ dɔn. Matthiessen bin ɔndastand se fɔ wok we gɛt minin nid fɔ gɛt kɔmitmɛnt fɔ kɔntinyu, nɔto jɔs fɔ sprint tranga wan.
• Kɔmyuniti invɛstismɛnt: I bin bi wan pan di wan dɛn we mek di Grup fɔ di Sawt Fɔk ɛn i bin kɔntribyut to bɔku kɔnsavayshɔn ɔganayzeshɔn dɛn, i bin no se fɔ mek pɔsin du gud tin dɛn, i nid fɔ gɛt kɔlektif infrastukchɔ.
• Wlin fɔ rivays pan skel: I rayt bak Shadow Country frɔm tri volyum to wan yunifayd novel — wan akt fɔ ɛditorial kɔrej we bɔku rayta dɛn nɔ go ɛva tray.

Dɛn disiplin ya de translet dairekt to aw pipul ɛn ɔganayzeshɔn dɛn we de du ay wok de strɔkchɔ dɛn wok tide. Di chalenj nɔto fɔ gɛt mɔ tul dɛn; na fɔ lan fɔ yuz di rayt tul dɛn wit tru tru atɛnshɔn.

Wetin Mɔdan Prɔfɛshɔnal Dɛn Kin Lan Frɔm di we aw Matthiessen bin de du tin fɔ kɔmpleks?

Matthiessen bin de wok akɔdin to domɛyn dɛn we bɔku pan di prɔfɛshɔnal dɛn de trit as tin we nɔ de ambɔg dɛnsɛf: sayɛns fil wok ɛn litrɛri fikshɔn, kɔntemplativ prɔsis ɛn pɔlitikal aktivism, arkival risach ɛn ikɔlɔjik urgency. In sɛntesis nɔ bin aksidɛnt — na bin di rizɔlt fɔ bildin sistɛm dɛn we kin ol kɔmplisiti we nɔ fɔdɔm insay chaos.

Fɔ ɛntrɔprenɔ, krieta, ɛn tim lida, di lɛsin na strɔkchɔral: yu nid ɔpreshɔn ɛnvayrɔmɛnt we ebul fɔ sɔpɔt bɔku bɔku we dɛn fɔ wok we nɔ go fos yu fɔ pik bitwin dɛn. Di mɔdan ikwal to Matthiessen in intagreted layf na intagreted biznɛs pletfɔm — wan we de handle di administretiv, kɔlabɔraytiv, ɛn stratejik layers fɔ yu wok so yu atɛnshɔn kin go usay i impɔtant pas ɔl. Plɛtfɔm dɛn lɛk Mewayz, wit pas 207 biznɛs mɔdyul ɛn 138,000 aktif yuza dɛn, dɛn bil dɛn prɛsishɔn fɔ dis kayn kɔhɛrɛnt kɔmplisiti, we bigin frɔm jɔs $19/mɔnt.

Kwɛshɔn dɛn we dɛn kin aks bɔku tɛm

Wetin pipul sabi Pita Matisin fɔ?

Dɛn sabi Pita Matisin fɔ Di Snow Leopard (1978), we na wan Nashɔnal Buk Awod–win akɔdin to wan Himalayan trek we miks natura istri wit Zen Budist filɔsofi. Dɛn kin sɛlibret am bak fɔ Shadow Country, in Nashɔnal Buk Awod–win novel, ɛn in dikɛd ia fɔ kɔnsavayshɔn raytin ɛn aktivism.

Aw many buk Pita Mathiessen rayt?

Matthiessen rayt pas tati buk dɛn akɔdin to fikshɔn ɛn nɔ fikshɔn, inklud novel, nature raytin, ɛn travul narratives. In autput bin span ova siks dikɔs, frɔm in fɔs novel Race Rock (1954) to in las wok dɛn we i bin pablish jɔs bifo i day insay 2014.

Wetin "tru nature" min insay di kɔntɛks fɔ Matthiessen in layf ɛn wok?

Insay Matthiessen in kɔntɛks, "tru nature" de kɛr wan dɛbul minin: di rial natura wɔl we i spɛn bɔku bɔku ia fɔ wach ɛn difend, ɛn di Zen Buddhist kɔnsɛpt fɔ pɔsin in fawndeshɔnal, we nɔ gɛt ɛnitin fɔ ambɔg am. In layf in wok na bin argumɛnt se dɛn tu minin ya nɔ go ebul fɔ separet — se rial sɛlf-no ɛn tru tru atɛnshɔn to di wɔl na di sem disiplin we dɛn de praktis na difrɛn tiyata dɛn.

Di klia we Matthiessen kɔltiv akɔdin to in bɔku layf — rayta, naturalist, prɛktishɔn, aktivist — na di sem klia we ifektiv mɔdan wok de aks fɔ. If yu rɛdi fɔ bil wan intagreted ɛnvayrɔmɛnt fɔ yu yon kɔmpleks, mɔlti-layer wok, ɛksplɔrɔ wetin Mewayz kin du fɔ yu tim. Wit 207 modul, 138,000 yuza, ɛn plan frɔm $19 to $49 fɔ wan mɔnt, na wan pletfɔm we dɛn mek fɔ pipul dɛn we nɔ gri fɔ pik bitwin ambishɔn ɛn kɔhɛrɛns. Start yu joyn na app.mewayz.com.