I mean, Buddhism is all about that, right? This is more overt because it’s pointing to the ways we do that all the time. So the idea of this fictional character projecting into the past and into the future was a way of performing in fiction the kind of thing we do in our minds all the time.Ĭould we say, then, that the whole novel is a model of what we do in our minds?Ībsolutely, and I think that all novels are. In a way the whole book can be read as a parable or metaphor for what happens in the human imagination. If you sit on the cushion for any amount of time, you understand vividly how much of the time we are in the past, in the future, and how difficult it is to stay in the present moment. To begin, please say something about how your Zen practice and your involvement in Buddhism have contributed to this novel. Thank you so much for giving your time to this interview this afternoon.
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