A Huge Silence: And the Way of Words

Inspired by Jon Kabat-Zinn's suggestion that mindfulness is best captured in poetry, this paper reflects upon performed poetry as a contemplative practice for audiences. It discusses the paradoxes of words and dharma, silence, draws on work Iain McGilchrist to examine role in, as, practice. @font-face{font-family:Arial;panose-1:2 11 6 4 2 4;mso-font-charset:0;mso-generic-font-family:auto;mso-font-pitch:variable;mso-font-signature:-536859905 -1073711037 9 0 511 0;}@font-face{font-family:"ＭＳ 明朝";mso-font-charset:78;mso-generic-font-family:auto;mso-font-pitch:variable;mso-font-signature:-536870145 1791491579 18 131231 0;}@font-face{font-family:Cambria;panose-1:2 5 3 4;mso-font-charset:0;mso-generic-font-family:auto;mso-font-pitch:variable;mso-font-signature:-536870145 1073743103 415 0;}@font-face{font-family:SimSun;mso-font-alt:宋体;mso-font-charset:134;mso-generic-font-family:auto;mso-font-pitch:variable;mso-font-signature:3 680460288 22 262145 0;}p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal{mso-style-unhide:no;mso-style-qformat:yes;mso-style-parent:"";margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Cambria;mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:"ＭＳ 明朝";mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast;mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;}p.Els-Abstract-text, li.Els-Abstract-text, div.Els-Abstract-text{mso-style-name:Els-Abstract-text;mso-style-unhide:no;mso-style-parent:"";mso-style-next:Normal;margin-top:10.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:11.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;border:none;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:1.0pt 0cm 0cm;font-size:7.5pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times Roman";mso-fareast-font-family:SimSun;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;}.MsoChpDefault{mso-style-type:export-only;mso-default-props:yes;font-family:Cambria;mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:"ＭＳ Roman";mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;}div.WordSection1{page:WordSection1;}