Keeping Quiet by Pablo Neruda
Posted on
April 1, 2020
Another moving and timely piece of poetry by Pablo Neruda. "What I want should not be confused with total inactivity. Life is what it is about."...
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Poetry
Poetry as Listening (and why this matters during COVID-19)
Posted on
March 27, 2020
All we thought we knew, tested. All we thought to be secure, shaken. Asked to isolate and sit with ourselves. An opportunity to undertake a kind of 'contemplative-intimacy.' What would happen if we chose to treat this time as an invitation to listen?...
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How the Philosophy and Practice of Haiku Can Enrich Your Life
Posted on
June 28, 2019
in Philosophy, Poetry
Connecting to the texture of our lives seems important. To connect with more than the contents, but the emotion, the detail, the nuance. To reflect, digest and breathe it in. Developing a practice or a ritual that you use to connect with these textures is...
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