So maybe just to use a natural world metaphor to just dip our toes into the water, would you read Sanctuary? The Pause is our Saturday morning ritual of a newsletter. So its this weird moment of being aware of it and then also letting it go at the same time. Thats page 95. podcast, this great poetry podcast for a while and. The On Being Project Tippett: I chose a couple of poems that you wrote again that kind of speak to this. Theres a lot of different People. Its that Buddhist, the finger pointing at the moon, right? people could point to us with the arrows they make in their minds. Henno Road, creek just below, Tippett: I guess maybe you had to quit doing that since you had this new job. Why did I never see it for what it was: If you would like to hear an uplifting message at a time of global difficulty, come hear Krista Tippett speak at Central Congregational Church in Providence RI at 6:30 pm, Saturday, December 3. My body is for me.. The On Being Project is located on Dakota land. how the wind shakes a tree in a storm But instead to really have this moment of, Oh, no, its our work together to see one another. Limn: And then Ill say this, that the Library of Congress, theyre amazing, and the Librarian of Congress, Dr. Carla Hayden, had me read this poem, so. Yeah. A scholar of belonging. A scholar of magic. She grew up loving science fiction, and thought wed be driving flying cars by now; and yet, has found in speculative fiction the transformative force of vision and imagination that might in fact save us. Definitely. Okay, Im going to give you some choices. is the 24th Poet Laureate of the United States. And there was an ease, I think, that living in the head-only world was kind of a poets dream on some level. Were back at the natural world of metaphors and belonging. We understand love as the most reliably transformative muscle of human wholeness, and we investigate the workings of love as public practice. Jen Bailey, and so many of you. letter on the dresser, enough of the longing and And now Tippett has done it again. Yeah, I think theres so much value in grief. Between. Now, somethings, breaking always on the skyline, falling over On Being with Krista Tippett December 6, 2016. We think time is always time. Tippett: To be made whole/ by being not a witness,/ but witnessed. Can you say a little bit about that? Youll see why in a minute. Too high for most of us with the rockets. The wonder of biomimicry. and the one that is so relieved to finally be home. Then three years later, Tippett left American Public Media to create her own production company, Krista Tippett Public Productions, which has aligned with WNYC/New York Public Radio to distribute the show to affiliates nationwide. The fear response, the stress response, it had so many other kinds of ripple effects that were so perplexing. It sends us back to work with the raw materials of our lives, understanding that these are always the materials even of change at a cosmic or a societal level. So that even when youre talking about the natural world: we are of it not in it. What. And theyre like, Oh, I didnt know that was a thing. [laughs]. Limn: Yeah. Poems all come to me differently. Who am I to live? Right? The listener wants to understand the humanity behind the words of the other, and patiently summons one's own best self and one's own best words and questions.". We say, Oh, I want to write about this flower. And then we say, Why this flower? Limn: And hes like, Are you trying to ask me what the weather is? [laughter] Im like, Yes. Its the . thing, forever close-eyed, under a green plant. Bottlebrush trees attract Winters icy hand at the back of all of us. And one of them this is also on. I want to say first of all, how happy I am to be doing something with Milkweed, which I have known since I moved to Minnesota, I dont know, over a quarter century ago, to be this magnificent but quiet, local publisher. All right. I could. Krista Tippett. Krista Tippett (ne Weedman; born November 9, 1960) is an American journalist, author, and entrepreneur. We prioritize busyness. We know joy to be a life-giving, resilience-making human birthright. Find them at, Dedicated to reconnecting ecology, culture, and spirituality. What a time to be alive, adrienne maree brown has written. Tippett: Well, a lot of us I think are still a little agoraphobic. Deeper truths and larger stories of ourselves as societies, as a planet, as humans, that at once complicate and enliven our capacity to live with dignity and joy and wholeness. So you grew up in Sonoma, California, but my sense is that its not the land of Zinfandel and Pinot Noir that immediately comes to mind now when someone says Sonoma. And then there are times in a life, and in the life of the world, where only a poem perhaps in the form of the lyrics of a song, or a half sentence we ourselves write down can touch the mystery of ourselves, and the . KRISTA TIPPETT, HOST: We're increasingly attentive, in our culture, to the many faces of depression and its cousin, anxiety, and we're fluent in the languages of psychology and medication.But depression is profound spiritual territory; and that is much harder . the trash, the rolling containers a song of suburban thunder. Ada Limn is the 24th Poet Laureate of the United States. and enough of the pointing to the world, weary She founded and leads the On Being Project ( www.onbeing.org )a groundbreaking media and public life . I think thats very true. To be made whole/ by being not a witness,/ but witnessed. Can you say a little bit about that? of dust and I wish to reclaim the rising. Foundations 4: Calling and Wholeness On Being with Krista Tippett Society & Culture In the modern western world, vocation was equated with work. And poetry, and poetry. And there was an ease, I think, that living in the head-only world was kind of a poets dream on some level. for the safety of others, for earth, And I want you to read it. And I always thought it was just because I had to work. And I would just have these whole moments when people would be like, Oh, and then well meet in person. And I was like, , I dont want you to witness my body. Supporting organizations and initiatives that uphold a sacred relationship with life on Earth. It makes room for all of these things that can also be It holds all the truths at once too. This is amazing. Then in 2018, she published a brilliant essay called "Complicating the Narratives," which she opened by confessing a professional existential crisis. Talk about any of the limits of language, the failure of language. And then thats also the space for us to sort of walk in as a reader being like, Whats happening here? But I love it. But time is more spacious than we imagine it to be, and it is more of a friend than we always know. And actually, it seemed to me that your marriage was in fine shape. thats sung in silence when its too hard to go on, Yeah, there wasnt a religious practice. But I think there was something deeper going on there, which was that idea of, Oh, this is when you pack up and you move. And I even had a pet mouse named Fred, which you would think I wouldve had a more creative name for the mouse, but his name was Fred. Her volume The Carrying won the National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry, and her volume Bright Dead Things was a finalist for the National Book Award. Limn: Yes. But I do think youre a bit of a So the thing is, we have this phrase, old and wise. But the truth is that a lot of people just grow old, it doesnt necessarily come with it. But let me say, I was taken, back and forth on Sundays and it was not easy, but I was loved each place. And the Lilly Endowment, an Indianapolis-based, private family foundation dedicated to its founders interests in religion, community development, and education. To be made whole And I think there was a part of me that felt like so much of what I had read up until then was meant to instruct or was meant to offer wisdom. And also that phrase, as Ive aged. You say that a lot and I would like to tell you that you have a lot more aging to do. And Im not sure Ive had a conversation across all these years that was a more unexpected and exuberant mix of gravity and laughter laughter of delight, and of blessed relief. So would you read, its called Before, page 46. On Being is an hour-long radio show and podcast, hosted by Krista Tippett. Limn: Oh, thank you. Why are all these blank spaces? It has silence built all around it. No, really I was. by even the ageless woods, the shortgrass plains, All year, in an oblivion-is-coming sort of way. Rate. But I think theres so much in this poem thats about that idea that the thesis thats returned to the river. is so bright and determined like a flame, I think grief is something that is very We have so much to grieve even as we have so much to walk towards. I think there are things we all learned also. And so thats really a lot of how I was raised. I dont know why this, but this. And I remember reading it was Elizabeth Bishops One Art, and its a villanelle, so its got a very strict rhyme scheme. But I think you are a prodigy for growing older and wiser. She is a former host of the poetry podcast The Slowdown, and she teaches in the MFA program at Queens University of Charlotte, in North Carolina. I really love . for the water to stop shivering out of the I feel like I could hear that response, right? The Hearthland Foundation. And so I gave up on it. I think we all came a little bit more alive. We hold each other. In between my tasks, I find a dead fledgling, Limn: There was a bit of like, Eww, lover. [laughter], Easy light storms in through the window, soft "Beauty isn't all about just nice loveliness, like," O'Donohue tells Tippett. An accomplished journalist, author, and entrepreneur, she was awarded the National Humanities Medal in 2014. And then I kept thinking, What are the other things I can do that with? [laughter] Because there are a lot of unhelpful things that have been told to me. We havent read much from, , which is a wonderful book. There is also an ordinary and abundant unfolding of dignity and care and generosity, of social creativity and evolution and breakthrough. It feels important to me, right now, because I want to talk to you about this a little bit, what weve been through. kitchen tables, two sets of rules, two We believe healthy spiritual inquiry propels us outside the boundaries of the self, into the world. . And it felt like this is the language of reciprocity. We value the ancient power of storytelling, and we get that good stories require conflict, characters and scene. And: advance invitations and news on all things On Being, of course. And if its weekly, theres a day of the week and you do it. Youre very young. I feel like our breath is so important to how we move through the world, how we react to things. Yeah. Musings and tools to take into your week. Okay. Copyright 2023, And if youd like to know more, we suggest you start with our. Two families, two different (Always, always there is war and bombs.) From Feb 2: three months of soaring conversations to live and grow with with an eye towards emergence. And what of the stanzas, we never sing, the third that mentions no refuge, could save the hireling and the slave? Limn: Yeah, I was convinced. And it is definitely wine country and all of the things that go along with that. To be swallowed Its almost romantic as we adjust the waxy blue Limn: I think the failure of language is what really draws me to poetry in general. Sometimes it feels like language and poetry, I often start with sounds. And then you can also be like, Im a little anxious about this thing thats happening next week. Or all of these things, it makes room for all of those things. Its Spanish and English, and Im trying, and Ill look at him and be like, How much degrees is it?, And hes like, Are you trying to ask me what the weather is?. Tippett: And this is about your childhood, right? We orient away from the closure of fear and towards the opening of curiosity. What follows is the transcript of an On Being interview between Krista Tippett and Andrew Solomon, Parker Palmer and Anita Barrows. I never go there very much anymore. And the last voice that you hear singing at the end of our show is Cameron Kinghorn. Tippett: Maybe that speaks for itself. All year, Ive said, You know whats funny? I am a hearth of spiders these days: a nest of trying. Limn: Yeah. I think its very dangerous not to have hope. And so, its so hard to speak of, to honor, to mark in this culture. She trained as a doctor in a generation that understood death as a failure of medicine. You will hear the voices of wise and graceful lives of former guests, and of listeners from far-flung places. And I feel like poetry makes the world for that experience, as opposed to: Im fine., Tippett: [laughs] Yeah. what a word, what a world, this gray waiting. And it often falls apart from me. like water, elemental, and best when its humbled, brought to its knees, clung to by someone who. 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