Unveiling the Hidden Struggles and Radical Love Behind Carework: An Exclusive Interview with Jennifer Case
Erin Wood: You first encountered the practice of koans reading Thich Nhat Hanh’s Zen and the Art of Saving the Planet. A koan is our deepest concern. Often, understanding it is a lifelong endeavor. Carework is your koan. You write, “I have been holding carework like a worry stone, touching it from all directions, turning it in my hands.” How can others determine their koan(s) and what can result from examining them?
Jennifer Case: In the Zen tradition, a koan is generally assigned to a student by a teacher, but here I am thinking of a koan more like a question you are asking yourself or the world. It closely parallels Rilke’s oft-quoted instruction: “live the questions.”
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