[Buddha-l] Humorous piece about stay in monastery

[Franz Metcalf]

Donna et al.,

Thanks for the url for the article <http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=128692710 
 > on Catherine Price's stay at a Korean monastery. Sorry that Ms.  
Price just didn't get it. Reading her description was like reading  
Janwillem van de Wetering's _The Empty Mirror_ <http://tinyurl.com/65humz 
 >, just with commitment and self-reflection replaced by impatience  
and snarkiness. Not a good thing. Not funny, either. van de Wetering,  
in addition to being informed and insightful, is truly funny.

As you say,

> The description was written by a tourist.


Travel writing is much harder than it looks. That's one reason  
travelers should do it, not tourists.

Franz