Diane Berger, Author of Small Boat, Vast Ocean

4118 East Madison Street,Seattle WA 98112

23 April, 2023

Description

Join us at Madison Books as we welcome Diane Berger for a reading from Small Boat, Vast Ocean, a collage of expository writing, reflection, essays, poetry, and observations of the natural world about one woman's solitary, three-year retreat in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. Diane’s writing vibrates with the environment of the Pacific NW where her retreat took place. The book is based on retreat journals and poetry, interlaced with post-retreat reflections. Her words have been called “lyrical” and “eloquent,” moving between the practical, the emotional, and the spiritual. This contemplative journey in solitude, like any of this length, was filled with interior challenges and insights. Also central to her story are encounters with nature, often sublime, sometimes startling, such as meetings with bears and one cougar. Diane grew up in Seattle's Montlake and Denny Blaine neighborhoods. Before retreat she worked as a journalist and teacher, and also ran a humanitarian non-profit, including guiding trips to Tibet and India. After life-long travels around the globe, this interior voyage of retreat was, for Diane, the ultimate adventure, while an expansion of her spiritual path toward compassion and wisdom. She has now returned to ordinary life, bringing stories from her unique interior journey out to the world. Visit her website at https://www.dianerigdzinberger.com.