A Walk Between Heaven and Earth: A Personal Journal on Writing and the Creative Process

By Burghild Nina Holzer

"Talking to paper is talking to the divine. Paper is infinitely patient. Each time you scratch on it, you trace part of yourself, and thus part of the world, and thus part of the grammar of the universe. It is a huge language, but each of us tracks his or her particular understanding of it." --from A Walk Between Heaven and Earth

Unlike any other guide to journal writing, A Walk Between Heaven and Earth is itself written as a personal journal and as a meditation on the flow of creation. Burghild Nina Holzer demonstrates that the creative process is in fact a large, ongoing movement in our lives and that we may gradually discover the pattern and direction of it by trusting whatever it is we choose to confide to the page. She helps would-be writers recognize the power and importance of opening themselves to the present moment and recording whatever they find there. Holzer's book is both inspiration and model. It will appeal not only to those who wish to explore the creative process as a mystical path, but to all who desire to express themselves through writing.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0517880962
• ISBN13: 9780517880968
• Release Date: May 1994
• Publisher: Harmony
• Length: 140 Pages
• Weight: 0.59 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.2"

Customer Reviews

A Must Read for Everyone Wanting a Creative Life

Nina Holzer writes a beautiful day-by-day story in this journal. She is inspiring, honest, and provocative. It's hard not to underline every other line because her words cut to the truth and invite remembering. "A Walk Between Heaven and Earth" is a must read for everyone engaged in a creative life. It will keep you going. Julie Maloney, Director WOMEN READING ALOUD New Jersey

Read and you will sigh...

Who would've thought to write a book about the journaling process in a journal format? Duh! Full of epiphany after epiphany and lovely contemplation.

This book made my writing more exciting and my life more fun

A Walk Between Heaven and Earth is a great book not only for creative writers, but for everyone who wants to lead a more satisfying life. Holzer's journal entries transmit a deep understanding of what it means to be a writer and what it means to be fully alive. I felt gently and powerfully guided by her personal life experiences to break away from the analytical rules that have kept me from writing what really moves me. And my own writing process has become ten times more exciting than it ever was in years of college classes and work as a magazine editor. This book has helped me embrace my own pain and joy in a way I had never considered.