Re: An interesting Review

From: Raymond Sosnowski (110742.522@compuserve.com)
Date: Fri Feb 07 2003 - 12:34:28 PST


On Fri, 7 Feb 2003, Bill Fletcher <bill@scienceandart.com> wrote

>>>I ran across this interesting review of "Blowing Zen - finding an
authentic life". I know many on this list already know of this book, but=

occasionally a review is particularly well done, interesting in itself an=
d
insightful. The reviewer discusses some deeper aspects of Ray Brooks'
journey along with some well-extracted cultural history of shakuhachi.

Anyway, I thought I'd post the link for anyone interested.

<http://ejmas.com/tin/tinart_sosnowski_0203.htm> <<<

And the author responds, ... =

Thank you for your kind words, Bill. =

That review was just recently posted. As a courtesy, I send e-mail to Mr=
.
Ray Brooks yesterday (6 Feb 2003) informing him of posting: =

>Dear Mr. Brooks,
> =

>In one of those interesting moments of Karma in life, I have discovered
>yesterday that my book review of "Blowing Zen" =

> =

><http://ejmas.com/tin/tinart_sosnowski_0203.htm> =

> =

>was posted to the web (in "The Iaido Journal" section of the "Electronic=

>Journals of Martial Arts and Sciences") on the same day that I arranged =
to
take
>my first Shakuhachi lesson with Mr. Ronnie Nyogetsu Reishin Seldin at hi=
s
>Baltimore (MD) Shakuhachi Dojo. I must admit that I was inspired to
contact
>Nyogetsu-sensei after rereading "Blowing Zen" last month. =

>
>My review of "Blowing Zen" is an atypical review for me, since my primar=
y
aim
>is to review Martial Arts and MA-related texts for the Japanese sword
crowd
>(practitioners of Iaido, Kendo, Batto-do, Naginata), which I have been a=

part
>of since 1996. For example, my reviews of =

> =

> +++ "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Tai Chi & Qigong"
> <http://ejmas.com/tin/tinart_sosnowski_0802.htm>, =

> =

> +++ "A Way to Victory: The Annotated 'Book of Five Rings' "
> <http://ejmas.com/tin/tinart_sosnowski_0902.htm>, and =

> =

> +++ "Armed Martial Arts of Japan: Swordsmanship and Archery"
> <http://ejmas.com/tin/tinart_sosnowski_1102.htm> =

> =

>are posted to TIJ section of EJMAS, and they are more typical of what I
write. =

>
>However, "Blowing Zen" struck a sympathetic chord in me that bridged the=

gap in
>subject matter and resonated with deeper, essential experiences common i=
n
the
>pursuit of any art. As such, I felt that "Blowing Zen" needed to be
exposed to
>the audience that I write for. =

> =

>Thank you for your efforts to bring these experiences to the public. =

> =

>Gratefully,
>Ray Sosnowski

He responded with a gracious reply similar to yours here. =

I have been a subscriber to this list for a short time now, and have been=

reading the various digests with interest; I am impressed with the number=

of the "big names" who are contributers to this list - it speaks well for=

this community. =

Because of my interests in Yumi, the Japanese long-bow used in Kyudo, and=

Shakuhachi, I am also looking to study the growing and harvesting of
bamboo. =

Best,
Raymond Sosnowski
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Raymond Sosnowski =

raymond.sosnowski.1995@alum.bu.edu
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  member: Seidokai Kendo/Iaido Dojo, University of Guelph, Ontario;
  member: Northern Virginia Kenshinkai (Nakamura Ryu Batto-do);
  member: Guang Ping Yang Tai Chi Association.
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