Article, "The Role of Mindfulness in Kairos," published in Rhetoric Review

I am very pleased that my article, "The Role of Mindfulness in Kairos," is in the current issue of Rhetoric Review: http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/hrhr20/current

Here's the abstract:

Abstract

The natural inclination of writers is toward mindlessness or inattention to the present moment despite the benefits understanding the present can bring to writing. Although temporal consciousness is apparent in notions of writing as a process or of writing as situated in a rhetorical context, these ideas largely overlook the present. Buddhist Mindfulness can help with the development of kairotic or present-moment specific practice by including impermanence in the rhetorical context, by emphasizing real time in composing, and by providing access to intrapersonal rhetoric. Increased understanding of the temporal factors of writing calls for an Eastern-mind progymnasmata in rhetorical praxis.