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Sep 24, 2019 · Ken Burns: We want him to be “God’s stenographer,” as [late NBC Nightly News anchor] John Chancellor told me after I’d spent an hour or so breaking his very understandable broadcast [habits].
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HERE. What would a Ken Burns documentary be without its measured, authoritative narration? Coyote delivers hours of often dense, complex text — full of facts, figures, quotes, and grand unifying ideas — in a manner that Burns refers to as “God’s stenographer.”
Actor Peter Coyote has been studying Buddhism for forty-five years and became a Zen priest in 2016. He received transmission from Lew Richmond, who at the time had been his teacher for twelve years and was leading the Vimala Zen Center Sangha in Mill Valley, California. Now, Coyote considers his sangha to be “wherever I’m sitting.”
Aug 31, 2023 · Accentuated by the calm, measured, and authoritative narration of Peter Coyote (fittingly, whom Ken Burns described as “God’s stenographer”); Bill Davis’s and his crew’s breathtaking closeups and panoramic photography of wildlife in their unique habitats; the evocative musical arrangements of Alejandro Del Pozo, Tony Duncan, Gentle ...
Hosho Jishi is Peter Coyote's Buddhist name, which translates to Dharma Voice, Compassionate Warrior. Zen Buddhism Coyote had first discovered Zen in his teens via the works of Jack Kerouac, Gary Snyder, and other Beats.
Then you have a story. Then you lean in. And he understood it. He said to me, when I had broken the back of the broadcasters habits, he said, oh, you want me to be God's stenographer, which is the best thing I can say, besides inhabiting the words.
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Peter Coyote (born Robert Peter Cohon; October 10, 1941) is an American actor, director, screenwriter, author, and narrator of films, theater, television, and audiobooks.
