The idea was Bowie is an empty boat. I wasn't thinking that Bowie had become enlightened, like the ideal man described in the Zhuangzi, or that she was some sort of machine, like the battery-operated horse in Ava's bedroom.
Author: Mark Salzman
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 9781453221105
Category: Biography & Autobiography
Page: 159
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From the author of Iron & Silk comes a moving memoir of love and family, loss and spiritual yearning Anxiety has always been part of Mark Salzman’s life: He was born into a family as nervous as rabbits, people with extra angst coded into their genes. As a young man he found solace through martial arts, meditation, tai chi, and rigorous writing schedules, but as he approaches midlife, he confronts a year of catastrophe. First, Salzman suffers a crippling case of writer’s block; then a sudden family tragedy throws his life into chaos. Overwhelmed by terrifying panic attacks, the author begins a search for equanimity that ultimately leads to an epiphany from a most unexpected source. The Man in the Empty Boat is a witty and touching account of a skeptic’s spiritual quest, a story of one man’s journey to find peace as a father, a writer, and an individual.