Podcasts about Rainer Maria Rilke

Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves, like locked rooms and like books that are now written in a very foreign tongue. Do not now seek the answers, which cannot be given to you because you would not be able to live them. And the point is to live everything. Live the questions now. Perhaps you will then gradually, without noticing it, live along some distant day into the answer. —Rainer Maria RilkeFriends,On our unique paths of initiation as women and men, we often encounter the severe mercy—the painful hope—of having our illusion of control shattered by the rebellious parts of our own souls.The infant, longing for nourishment. The toddler, yearning for eye contact and the smile of an attentive parent. The boyish hope and daring of a third-grade cowboy. The angry teenager, thirsting for a strength both within and beyond himself. The older man, carrying an unsung song in his heart.When we finally summon the courage to face the collective of young men within us, what do we do?To whom do we turn?I suggest that the invitation and intention of Jesus Christ is to welcome, see, love, know, sustain, restore, and champion all the uninitiated men within us—bringing them into an effectively organized community, fully held together and integrated by Him.With permission, this episode offers a behind-the-scenes look at an authentic, real-time mentoring call with a courageous apprentice. He is noticing the parts within and creating a safe space for each one to embark on the journey ever closer to Home.Join me as his story unfolds, opening access to our own stories in ways beyond what we can yet imagine.For the Kingdom,Morgan & Cherie

What happens when we trace the unexpected influences between seemingly unrelated poetic traditions? In this exploration of German poetry's impact on American counterculture, we discover the fascinating connections between renowned German-language poets Rainer Maria Rilke and Paul Salon with Cleveland's underground literary icon DA Levy.Levy, a Cleveland poet and publisher active in the 1960s who faced obscenity trials and ultimately committed suicide, created work that resonates with Rilke's mystical poetics in surprising ways. Both poets use angels not as mere symbols but as modes of address to readers – inviting us into a space where beauty and terror coexist, where mortality is acknowledged as the very thing that gives life its meaning.As we examine Rilke's "Requiem for a Friend" alongside his more famous Duino Elegies, we see how his approach to mythology established patterns that would later emerge in Levy's work, despite their vastly different cultural contexts. The conversation expands to include translation theory, with insights from contemporary translators Pierre Joris and Johannes Göransson who understand translation not as equivalence but as transformation – every act of writing being itself a translation of experience into language.We also examine how Levy's Buddhist influences connect him more meaningfully to Gary Snyder than to the Beat poets with whom he's often categorized, revealing the complexity of his literary lineage. From Federico García Lorca's concept of duende to the rich ethnic diversity of Cleveland's literary scene, this discussion illuminates how poetry transcends borders while remaining deeply rooted in specific geographies and experiences.Have you discovered DA Levy yet? His work, much of it being republished through Between the Highway Press, offers a portal into a uniquely American poetic vision that draws from international traditions while speaking directly to readers with urgent, transformative power.Links mentioned in the video: https://periodicityjournal.blogspot.com/2025/01/alexander-hammond-benedict-from.html?m=1https://rilkepoetry.com/duino-elegies/first-duino-elegy/http://homestar.org/bryannan/duino.htmlhttps://herhalfofhistory.com/2023/07/13/requiem-for-paula-modersohn-becker-by-rainer-maria-rilke/https://abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/2024/10/new-from-aboveground-press-fragments-of.htmlhttps://betweenthehighway.org/Send us a text Musis by Bitterlake, Used with Permission, all rights to BitterlakeSupport the showCrew:Host: C. Derick VarnIntro and Outro Music by Bitter Lake.Intro Video Design: Jason MylesArt Design: Corn and C. Derick VarnLinks and Social Media:twitter: @varnvlogblue sky: @varnvlog.bsky.socialYou can find the additional streams on YoutubeCurrent Patreon at the Sponsor Tier: Jordan Sheldon, Mark J. Matthews, Lindsay Kimbrough, RedWolf, DRV, Kenneth McKee, JY Chan, Matthew Monahan, Parzival, Adriel Mixon

Pronoid is the opposite of paranoid: it is the conviction that everything is conspiring to support you, delight in you, and help you along. This is how divine love works in our lives.SLIDES GEORGE READ Love is not some small minded ideal that we bypass on the way to weightier theological principles. We will spend the rest of our lives learning to love more passionately, intimately, intentionally, and transformationally. There is no higher call.—Jayson D. BradleyBelieve in a love that is being stored up for you like an inheritance, and have faith that in this love there is a strength and a blessing so large that you can travel as far as you wish without having to step outside it.  —Rainer Maria Rilke

"Jede jahreszeit ist schön" – Gedichte für Frühling, Sommer, Herbst und Winter.  Buchpräsentation bei "Lyrik im Chaveau" mit Anton G. Leitner (Hördauer ca. 53 min)Blüten, Sonnenstrahlen, Blätter und Schnee: eine lyrische Reise durch das Jahr»Weit und schön ist die Welt« – das wusste schon Goethe. Getreu diesem Motto entfalten über 100 Gedichte den Zauber der vier Jahreszeiten und laden zum Träumen und Schwelgen ein. Von Klassikern wie Rainer Maria Rilke, Wilhelm Busch, Erich Kästner und Mascha Kaléko bis hin zu bisher unveröffentlichten Gedichten zeitgenössischer Meister wie Matthias Politycki, Ilma Rakusa, Arne Rautenberg und Christoph Wilhelm Aigner – diese Sammlung vereint Generationen von Stimmen, die die Schönheit der Natur auf poetische Weise zum Leben erwecken. Stimmungsvolle Illustrationen machen die Auswahl zu einem Geschenk für das ganze Jahr.Anton G. Leitner gründete 1992 seinen Lyrikverlag. Die Jahresschrift DAS GEDICHT hat sich zur Ankermarke des Unternehmens entwickelt. DAS GEDICHT versteht sich als internationales Poesie-Organ, das einem breiten Publikum deutschsprachige Dichtung nahebringen möchte.Idee Moderation und Realisation Uwe Kullnick

Als Elissa Hiersemann Lael Neale 2021 für ihre radioeins-Sendung "Swagga" interviewte, traf sie auf einen bekennenden "Morgenmenschen", der dem aktuellen Albumtitel "Acquainted With Night" gemäß gerade Bekanntschaft mit der Nacht gemacht beziehungsweise diese musikalisch verarbeitet hatte – und das auf äußerst einnehmende Weise. Auch kamen der Künstlerin Liebe zur Naturprosa von Dichtern wie Rainer Maria Rilke oder Rumi sowie die besondere Bedeutung des Omnichords für die Musik der aus dem ländlichen Virginia stammenden Neale zur Sprache. Jenes in der Pop-Welt eher seltene elektronische Instrument ist auch auf "Altogether Stranger" zu hören, dem vor wenigen Tagen veröffentlichten neuen, vierten Album unseres heutigen studioeins-Gastes. Dieses wurde inspiriert vom Gefühl der Fremdheit, das Lael beschlich, als sie in ihre Wahlheimat Los Angeles zurückkehrte, die sie 2020 zu Beginn der Corona-Pandemie verlassen hatte. In neun unaufgeregten, aber alles andere als belanglosen Songs mit einfallsreichen, klugen Texten erzählt sie aus der Außenseiter-Perspektive eines "Alien" von der Sonderbarkeit des menschlichen Alltagsdaseins. Für die musikalische Umsetzung zwischen Garagen-Pop, "Omnichord-Meditationen" und minimalistischen New Wave-Sounds, bei der pluckernde und zischelnde antiquierte Drum-Machines im Wechsel mit Schellenkränzen den Takt vorgeben, setzt Neale ganz auf eine Lo-Fi-Ästhetik, in die sich das Grundrauschen der Natur immer mal wieder durch alte Gitarrenverstärker hineinzuschleichen scheint und die den idealen Rahmen für ihre zugleich zurückhaltend zarte wie ausdrucksstarke Stimme und wirkungsvollen, gerne verspielten Gesangsmelodien bildet. Am 21. Mai gibt Lael Neale in der Kantine am Berghain ein Konzert, einen kleinen Vorgeschmack bekommen wir bereits heute Abend im studioeins, wo sie einige Songs auf der kleinen Bühne live spielen wird, nachdem sie sich im Interview vorgestellt hat.

Als Elissa Hiersemann Lael Neale 2021 für ihre radioeins-Sendung "Swagga" interviewte, traf sie auf einen bekennenden "Morgenmenschen", der dem aktuellen Albumtitel "Acquainted With Night" gemäß gerade Bekanntschaft mit der Nacht gemacht beziehungsweise diese musikalisch verarbeitet hatte – und das auf äußerst einnehmende Weise. Auch kamen der Künstlerin Liebe zur Naturprosa von Dichtern wie Rainer Maria Rilke oder Rumi sowie die besondere Bedeutung des Omnichords für die Musik der aus dem ländlichen Virginia stammenden Neale zur Sprache. Jenes in der Pop-Welt eher seltene elektronische Instrument ist auch auf "Altogether Stranger" zu hören, dem vor wenigen Tagen veröffentlichten neuen, vierten Album unseres heutigen studioeins-Gastes. Dieses wurde inspiriert vom Gefühl der Fremdheit, das Lael beschlich, als sie in ihre Wahlheimat Los Angeles zurückkehrte, die sie 2020 zu Beginn der Corona-Pandemie verlassen hatte. In neun unaufgeregten, aber alles andere als belanglosen Songs mit einfallsreichen, klugen Texten erzählt sie aus der Außenseiter-Perspektive eines "Alien" von der Sonderbarkeit des menschlichen Alltagsdaseins. Für die musikalische Umsetzung zwischen Garagen-Pop, "Omnichord-Meditationen" und minimalistischen New Wave-Sounds, bei der pluckernde und zischelnde antiquierte Drum-Machines im Wechsel mit Schellenkränzen den Takt vorgeben, setzt Neale ganz auf eine Lo-Fi-Ästhetik, in die sich das Grundrauschen der Natur immer mal wieder durch alte Gitarrenverstärker hineinzuschleichen scheint und die den idealen Rahmen für ihre zugleich zurückhaltend zarte wie ausdrucksstarke Stimme und wirkungsvollen, gerne verspielten Gesangsmelodien bildet. Am 21. Mai gibt Lael Neale in der Kantine am Berghain ein Konzert, einen kleinen Vorgeschmack bekommen wir bereits heute Abend im studioeins, wo sie einige Songs auf der kleinen Bühne live spielen wird, nachdem sie sich im Interview vorgestellt hat.

durée : 00:06:40 - L'Instant poésie - Pour Cécile Coulon, impensable de parler de poésie sans évoquer Rainer Maria Rilke. Avec son court poème “Été”, il exprime la quintessence florale de son art poétique, qu'il déploie dans ses "Lettres à un jeune poète", autre lecture fondatrice pour la poétesse invitée. - invités : Cécile Coulon Romancière, nouvelliste et poétesse

In der Lesung auf radio3 können Sie zurzeit die "Aufzeichnungen des Malte Laurids Brigge" hören, dem einzigen Roman von Rainer Maria Rilke. Rilke selbst hat nie von einem Roman gesprochen, denn die Aufzeichnungen sind ein fingiertes Tagebuch. Weil die Zeitebenen hin und her springen, ist es mitunter schwer, den Überblick zu behalten. Daher sprechen wir von Zeit zu Zeit mit der Literaturwissenschaftlerin Sandra Richter, die eine echte Rilke-Expertin ist. Heute geht es um den Titelhelden Malte Laurens Brigge.

Portrait des Schauspielers mit Lesung aus Text von Rainer Maria Rilke.

In der Lesung auf radio3 können Sie zurzeit die „Aufzeichnungen des Malte Laurids Brigge“ hören, den einzigen Roman von Rainer Maria Rilke. Rilke selbst hat nie von einem Roman gesprochen, denn die Aufzeichnungen sind ein fingiertes Tagebuch. Weil die Zeitebenen hin und her springen, ist es mitunter schwer, den Überblick zu behalten. Daher sprechen wir von Zeit zu Zeit mit der Literaturwissenschaftlerin Sandra Richter, die eine echte Rilke-Expertin ist. Heute geht es um den Themenschwerpunkt Skandinavien.

In diesem Jahr feiern wir den 150. Geburtstag des Schriftstellers Rainer Maria Rilke. Populär wurde er vor allem als Lyriker, er hat aber auch einen einzigen Roman geschrieben und der läuft derzeit bei uns auf radio3 in der Lesung. In "Die Aufzeichnungen des Malte Laurids Brigge" zeichnet Rilke ein vielschichtiges Bild der beginnenden Moderne. Wir sprechen darüber mit einer absoluten Rilke-Expertin: der Literaturwissenschaftlerin Sandra Richter.

Radio Universidad Veracruzana y la Editorial UV presentan “Mi libro UV”, un espacio de promoción de los títulos de su amplio catálogo, incluidas las revistas “La Palabra y El Hombre” y “Tramoya, Cuaderno de Teatro”. Es, además, un espacio para informar de novedades literarias.En esta entrega escucharemos "Historias del buen Dios", del austriaco Rainer Maria Rilke.

“Art is a form of prayer … a way to enter into relationship.”Artist and theologian Bruce Herman reflects on the sacred vocation of making, resisting consumerism, and the divine invitation to become co-creators. From Mark Rothko to Rainer Maria Rilke, to Andres Serrano's “Piss Christ” and T.S. Eliot's Four Quartets, he comments on the holy risk of artmaking and the sacred fire of creative origination.Together with Evan Rosa, Bruce Herman explores the divine vocation of art making as resistance to consumer culture and passive living. In this deeply poetic and wide-ranging conversation—and drawing from his book *Makers by Nature—*he invites us into a vision of art not as individual genius or commodity, but as service, dialogue, and co-creation rooted in love, not fear. They touch on ancient questions of human identity and desire, the creative implications of being made in the image of God, Buber's I and Thou, the scandal of the cross, Eliot's divine fire, Rothko's melancholy ecstasy, and how even making a loaf of bread can be a form of holy protest. A profound reflection on what it means to be human, and how we might change our lives—through beauty, vulnerability, and relational making.Episode Highlights“We are made by a Maker to be makers.”“ I think hope is being stolen from us Surreptitiously moment by moment hour by hour day by day.”“There is no them. There is only us.”“The work itself has a life of its own.”“Art that serves a community.”“You must change your life.” —Rilke, recited by Bruce Herman in reflection on the transformative power of art.“When we're not making something, we're not whole. We're not healthy.”“Making art is a form of prayer. It's a form of entering into relationship.”“Art is not for the artist—any more than it's for anyone else. The work stands apart. It has its own voice.”“We're not merely consumers—we're made by a Maker to be makers.”“The ultimate act of art is hospitality.”Topics and ThemesHuman beings are born to create and make meaningArt as theological dialogue and spiritual resistanceCreative practice as a form of love and worshipChristian art and culture in dialogue with contemporary issuesPassive consumption vs. active creationHow to engage with provocative art faithfullyThe role of beauty, mystery, and risk in the creative processArt that changes you spiritually, emotionally, and intellectuallyThe sacred vocation of the artist in a consumerist worldHow poetry and painting open up divine encounter, particularly in Rainer Maria Rilke's “Archaic Torso of Apollo”Four Quartets and spiritual longing in modern poetryHospitality, submission, and service as aesthetic posturesModern culture's sickness and art as medicineEncountering the cross through contemporary artistic imagination“Archaic Torso of Apollo”Rainer Maria Rilke 1875 –1926We cannot know his legendary head with eyes like ripening fruit. And yet his torso is still suffused with brilliance from inside, like a lamp, in which his gaze, now turned to low, gleams in all its power. Otherwise the curved breast could not dazzle you so, nor could a smile run through the placid hips and thighs to that dark center where procreation flared. Otherwise this stone would seem defaced beneath the translucent cascade of the shoulders and would not glisten like a wild beast's fur: would not, from all the borders of itself, burst like a star: for here there is no place that does not see you. You must change your life.About Bruce HermanBruce Herman is a painter, writer, educator, and speaker. His art has been shown in more than 150 exhibitions—nationally in many US cities, including New York, Boston, Washington, Chicago, Los Angeles, and Houston—and internationally in England, Japan, Hong Kong, Italy, Canada, and Israel. His artwork is featured in many public and private art collections including the Vatican Museum of Modern Religious Art in Rome; The Cincinnati Museum of Fine Arts print collection; The Grunewald Print Collection of the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; DeCordova Museum in Boston; the Cape Ann Museum; and in many colleges and universities throughout the United States and Canada.Herman taught at Gordon College for nearly four decades, and is the founding chair of the Art Department there. He held the Lothlórien Distinguished Chair in Fine Arts for more than fifteen years, and continues to curate exhibitions and manage the College art collection there. Herman completed both BFA and MFA degrees at Boston University College of Fine Arts under American artists Philip Guston, James Weeks, David Aronson, Reed Kay, and Arthur Polonsky. He was named Boston University College of Fine Arts Distinguished Alumnus of the Year 2006.Herman's art may be found in dozens of journals, popular magazines, newspapers, and online art features. He and co-author Walter Hansen wrote the book Through Your Eyes, 2013, Grand Rapids, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, a thirty-year retrospective of Herman's art as seen through the eyes of his most dedicated collector.To learn more, explore A Video Portrait of the Artist and My Process – An Essay by Bruce Herman.Books by Bruce Herman*Makers by Nature: Letters from a Master Painter on Faith, Hope, and Art* (2025) *Ordinary Saints (*2018) *Through Your Eyes: The Art of Bruce Herman (2013) *QU4RTETS with Makoto Fujimura, Bruce Herman, Christopher Theofanidis, Jeremy Begbie (2012) A Broken Beauty (2006)Show NotesBruce Herman on Human Identity as MakersWe are created in the image of God—the ultimate “I Am”—and thus made to create.“We are made by a Maker to be makers.”To deny our creative impulse is to risk a deep form of spiritual unhealth.Making is not just for the “artist”—everyone is born with the capacity to make.Theological Themes and Philosophical FrameworksInfluences include Martin Buber's “I and Thou,” René Girard's scapegoating theory, and the image of God in Genesis.“We don't really exist for ourselves. We exist in the space between us.”The divine invitation is relational, not autonomous.Desire, imitation, and submission form the core of our relational anthropology.Art as Resistance to Consumerism“We begin to enter into illness when we become mere consumers.”Art Versus PropagandaCulture is sickened by passive consumption, entertainment addiction, and aesthetic commodification.Making a loaf of bread, carving wood, or crafting a cocktail are acts of cultural resistance.Desire“Anything is resistance… Anything is a protest against passive consumption.”Art as Dialogue and Submission“Making art is a form of prayer. It's a form of entering into relationship.”Submission—though culturally maligned—is a necessary posture in love and art.Engaging with art requires openness to transformation.“If you want to really receive what a poem is communicating, you have to submit to it.”The Transformative Power of Encountering ArtQuoting Rilke's Archaic Torso of Apollo: “You must change your life.”True art sees the viewer and invites them to become something more.Herman's own transformative moment came unexpectedly in front of a Rothko painting.“The best part of my work is outside of my control.”Scandal, Offense, and the Cross in ArtAnalyzing Andres Serrano's Piss Christ as a sincere meditation on the commercialization of the cross.“Does the crucifixion still carry sacred weight—or has it been reduced to jewelry?”Art should provoke—but out of love, not self-aggrandizement or malice.“The cross is an offense. Paul says so. But it's the power of God for those being saved.”Beauty, Suffering, and Holy RiskEncounter with art can arise from personal or collective suffering.Bruce references Christian Wiman and Walker Percy as artists opened by pain.“Sometimes it takes catastrophe to open us up again.”Great art offers not escape, but transformation through vulnerability.The Fire and the Rose: T. S. Eliot's InfluenceFour Quartets shaped Herman's artistic and theological imagination.Eliot's poetry is contemplative, musical, liturgical, and steeped in paradox.“To be redeemed from fire by fire… when the fire and the rose are one.”The collaborative Quartets project with Makoto Fujimura and Chris Theofanidis honors Eliot's poetic vision.Living and Creating from Love, Not Fear“Make from love, not fear.”Fear-driven art (or politics) leads to manipulation and despair.Acts of love include cooking, serving, sharing, and creating for others.“The ultimate act of art is hospitality.”Media & Intellectual ReferencesMakers by Nature by Bruce HermanFour Quartets by T. S. EliotThe Archaic Torso of Apollo by Rainer Maria RilkeWassily Kandinsky, “On the Spiritual in Art”Amusing Ourselves to Death by Neil PostmanThings Hidden Since the Foundation of the World by René GirardThe Art of the Commonplace by Wendell BerryAndres Serrano's Piss ChristMakoto Fujimura's Art and Collaboration

Dr. Adam Dorsay hosts Elizabeth Weingarten, author of 'How to Fall in Love with Questions: A New Way to Thrive in Times of Uncertainty,' on his podcast Dorsay. They discuss the immense value of well-formulated questions in enhancing our lives, especially amid uncertainty. Elizabeth shares her journey of writing the book, sparked by poor dating experiences, and explains how questions can serve as a crucial tool for personal and relational growth. They explore how patience, clarity, and thoughtful inquiry can transform our approach to life's big questions. Additionally, they touch upon insights from poet Rainer Maria Rilke, the importance of living the questions, and the role of curiosity in cultivating relationships.00:00 Introduction to SuperPsyched Podcast00:28 The Power of Questions02:00 Interview with Elizabeth Weingarten03:02 Elizabeth's Journey with Questions04:36 The Role of Uncertainty08:22 Formulating Good Questions13:18 Living with Uncertainty17:45 Personal Reflections and Insights32:04 Final Thoughts and Takeaways41:57 Conclusion and FarewellHelpful Links:Elizabeth Weingarten WebsiteHow to Fall in Love with Questions: A New Way to Thrive in Times of Uncertainty Book

What do you do when faced with a big, important question that keeps you up at night? Many people seek quick answers dispensed by “experts,” influencers, and gurus. But these one-size-fits-all solutions often fail to satisfy, and can even cause more pain.  In How to Fall in Love With Questions, Elizabeth Weingarten finds inspiration in a few famous lines from Rainer Maria Rilke's Letters to a Young Poet, and then takes this insight – to love the questions themselves – to modern science to offer a fresh approach for dealing with the uncertainty in our lives. What if our questions—the ones we ask about relationships, work, meaning, identity, and purpose—are not our tormentors, but our teachers? Weingarten offers a fresh approach for dealing with seemingly unsolvable questions, not as a quick fix but to deepen our sense of being fully alive. Weingarten shares her own journey and the stories of others, including a part of my own story after the events of 9/11 in New York City when I first turned to Rilke's letters, to chart a different, and better, relationship with uncertainty. Designed to inspire anyone who feels stuck, powerless, and drained, How to Fall in Love with Questions challenges us to unlock our minds and embark on the kind of self-discovery that's only possible when we feel most alive—that is, when we don't know what will happen next. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

What do you do when faced with a big, important question that keeps you up at night? Many people seek quick answers dispensed by “experts,” influencers, and gurus. But these one-size-fits-all solutions often fail to satisfy, and can even cause more pain.  In How to Fall in Love With Questions, Elizabeth Weingarten finds inspiration in a few famous lines from Rainer Maria Rilke's Letters to a Young Poet, and then takes this insight – to love the questions themselves – to modern science to offer a fresh approach for dealing with the uncertainty in our lives. What if our questions—the ones we ask about relationships, work, meaning, identity, and purpose—are not our tormentors, but our teachers? Weingarten offers a fresh approach for dealing with seemingly unsolvable questions, not as a quick fix but to deepen our sense of being fully alive. Weingarten shares her own journey and the stories of others, including a part of my own story after the events of 9/11 in New York City when I first turned to Rilke's letters, to chart a different, and better, relationship with uncertainty. Designed to inspire anyone who feels stuck, powerless, and drained, How to Fall in Love with Questions challenges us to unlock our minds and embark on the kind of self-discovery that's only possible when we feel most alive—that is, when we don't know what will happen next. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/psychology

Franz Wright was born in Vienna, Austria and grew up in the Northwest, the Midwest, and California. He earned a BA from Oberlin College in 1977. His collections of poetry include The Beforelife (2001); God's Silence (2006); Walking to Martha's Vineyard, which won the Pulitzer Prize in 2004; Wheeling Motel (2009); Kindertotenwald (2011); and F (2013). In his precisely crafted, lyrical poems, Wright addresses the subjects of isolation, illness, spirituality, and gratitude. Of his work, he has commented, “I think ideally, I would like, in a poem, to operate by way of suggestion.”Critic Helen Vendler wrote in the New York Review of Books, “Wright's scale of experience, like Berryman's, runs from the homicidal to the ecstatic ... His best forms of or originality: deftness in patterning, startling metaphors, starkness of speech, compression of both pain and joy, and a stoic self-possession with the agonies and penalties of existence.” Langdon Hammer, in the New York Times Book Review, wrote of God's Silence: “In his best poems, Wright grasps at the ‘radiantly obvious thing' in short-lined short lyrics that turn and twist down the page. The urgency and calculated unsteadiness of the utterances, with their abrupt shifts of direction, jump-cuts and quips, mime the wounded openness of a speaker struggling to find faith.”Wright received a Whiting Fellowship, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. He translated poetry by Rainer Maria Rilke and Rene Char; in 2008 he and his wife, Elizabeth Oehlkers Wright, co-translated a collection by the Belarusian poet Valzhyna Mort, Factory of Tears. He taught at Emerson College and other universities, worked in mental health clinics, and volunteered at a center for grieving children. His father was the Pulitzer Prize–winning poet James Wright. He died in 2015. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe

Quando una mano cerca di scoprire l'uomo, chi scopre davvero? C'è una storia che si perde nel tempo, tra nuvole fitte e previsioni incerte. Parla di un viaggio, di una discesa sulla terra e di un segreto mai svelato.Lo Straniero di Rainer Maria Rilke è un racconto che sfiora il divino, il destino e il mistero dell'essere umano.Fiabe in Carrozza è un progetto indipendenteProdotto e curato da Filippo CarrozzoIllustrazioni e grafica: Alice BarbàraEtà: 6+(Suggerita anche per lettura ad alta voce con i più piccoli, accompagnati da un adulto.)Hai una storia che ti sta a cuore e vuoi raccontarcela? Credi nella bellezza del progetto e vuoi aiutarci sostenendolo? Hai domande, pensieri o un semplice saluto?Scrivici a fiabeincarrozza@gmail.comoppure visita www.mentesauri.it per scoprire il progetto e ascoltare tanti altri podcast.

In diesem Jahr feiern wir den 150. Geburtstag des Schriftstellers Rainer Maria Rilke. Populär wurde er vor allem als Lyriker, er hat aber auch einen einzigen Roman geschrieben und der läuft bei uns auf Radio 3 in der Lesung. mit seinen impressionistischen Gedichtbänden. In seinem einzigen Roman „Die Aufzeichnungen des Malte Laurids Brigge“ zeichnet Rilke ein vielschichtiges Bild der beginnenden Moderne. Diesen Roman senden wir zur Zeit in unserer Lesung und sprechen darüber mit einer absoluten Rilke-Expertin: der Literaturwissenschaftlerin Sandra Richter. Pünktlich zum Rilke-Jahr ist im Januar ihre Biografie "Rainer Maria Rilke oder das offene Leben" im Insel-Verlag erschienen.

Fuchs, Jörn Florian www.deutschlandfunk.de, Kultur heute

Heute startet eine neue Lesung auf radio3: "Die Aufzeichnungen des Malte Laurids Brigge" von Rainer Maria Rilke. Eine Art Tagebuch in Form von klangvollen Prosagedichten. Es erschien 1910 und wurde in der "Le Monde" als eines der "100 Bücher des Jahrhunderts" geehrt. Die Direktorin des Deutschen Literaturarchivs Marbach Sandra Richter ist Rilke-Expertin. Mit ihr sprechen wir in den nächsten Wochen regelmäßig über den Roman.

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Hello to you listening in Toa Baja, Puerto Rico!Coming to you from Whidbey Island, Washington this is Stories From Women Who Walk with 60 Seconds for Time Out Tuesday and your host, Diane Wyzga.I paused my computer screen saver as it pulled up a photo from my Camino pilgrimage: a lake in a town on a sunny day - and swans. Graceful, regal, fully in their watery element, no longer bound to the land. While swans can lumber across the ground swaying dangerously side to side, their element is water. That's where they belong.  Following is a version of Rainer Maria Rilke's poem - The Swan - translated by Robert Bly:“This clumsy living that moves lumberingas if in ropes through what is not done,reminds us of the awkward way the swan walks.And to die, which is the letting goof the ground we stand on and cling to every day,is like the swan, when he nervously lets himself down into the water, which receives him gailyand which flows joyfully underand after him, wave after wave,while the swan, unmoving and marvelously calm,is pleased to be carried, each moment more fully grown, more like a king, further and further on.”Maybe like me you've been asking yourself: What is my element? Where do I belong? How will I find it? Could it be looking for me?Question: What is your element? How do you know?You're always invited: “Come for the stories - stay for the magic!” Speaking of magic, would you subscribe, share a 5-star rating + nice review on your social media or podcast channel of choice, and join us next time!Meanwhile, stop by my Quarter Moon Story Arts website to:✓ Check out What I Offer,✓ Arrange your free Story Communication Session,✓ Stay current with Diane on Substack as Wyzga on WordsStories From Women Who Walk Production TeamPodcaster: Diane F Wyzga & Quarter Moon Story ArtsMusic: Mer's Waltz from Crossing the Waters by Steve Schuch & Night Heron MusicAll content and image © 2019 to Present Quarter Moon Story Arts. All rights reserved. 

Der österreichische Lyriker Rainer Maria Rilke wird bis heute verehrt, nicht nur in Popsongs. Junge Menschen rezitieren heute auf den sozialen Medien seine Gedichte. – Der Emmentaler Jodok Vuille hat als Violinist das Netz erobert und geht jetzt auf Welttournee. Rilke ist in – auch 150 Jahre, nachdem er geboren wurde. Seine Gedichte wie «Der Panther» oder «Herbsttag» tauchen in Popsongs auf. Junge Menschen schwärmen auf TikTok und Instagram von Rilkes Texten und rezitieren seine Gedichte. Und Musik-Ikonen wie Lady Gaga lassen sich Rilke-Zitate tätowieren. Warum begeistert diese über hundert Jahre alte, oft melancholische Sprache eine junge Generation bis heute? Und was macht Rainer Maria Rilke für Instagram und TikTok tauglich? Eine Buch-Influencerin, ein Popsänger und ein Literaturwissenschaftler erzählen von der Faszination für Rilke. Der Emmentaler Jodok Vuille spielt Pop-Covers auf dem Cello. Seine Bühne: Instagram, TikTok und Co. Bekannt geworden ist er mit Musik-Videos vor spektakulärer Schweizer Bergkulisse. Mittlerweile hat er mehr als elf Millionen Follower auf den sozialen Medien. Er hat mit internationalen Musik-Grössen wie Lindsey Stirling und Teddy Swims gearbeitet, zieht Werbeverträge an Land und trat vor der katarischen Königsfamilie auf. Seinen Job als Musik- und Sportlehrer hängt er nun an den Nagel, um sich ganz auf «Jodokcello» zu konzentrieren und auf eine Welttournee zu gehen.

“The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation” (Henry Thoreau).  In this classic episode, Andrew interviews therapist SIMON ROE. Simon has based his life's work on helping men live an authentic life. After himself going through a period of quiet desperation in his mid-thirties, he went on to help men break the silence, find “the song inside” and overcome their experiences of depression, violence and loneliness.  Simon has also worked extensively with boys and their fathers to create rites of passage that help boys claim a strong, authentic sense of their developing manhood. Simon Roe originally trained as a body psychotherapist, and is also a co-leader of the Mandorla Men's Rites of Passage programme. He has worked extensively with perpetrators of domestic violence, and is a Respect approved trainer and supervisor. Simon is also trained in process oriented psychology.  Simon and Andrew also discuss the idea of answering “the call to adventure”, an idea powerfully captured in this poem by Rainer Maria Rilke: Sometimes A Man Stands Up During Supper Sometimes a man stands up during supper and walks outdoors, and keeps on walking, because of a church that stands somewhere in the East.   And his children say blessings on him as if he were dead.   And another man, who remains inside his own house, dies there, inside the dishes and in the glasses, so that his children have to go far out into the world toward that same church , which he forgot. Rainer Maria Rilke ( trans. Robert Bly)   If You're Looking for More…. You can subscribe to The Meaningful Life (via Apple Podcasts, Spotify or Google Podcasts) and hear a bonus mini-episode every week. Or you can join our Supporters Club on Patreon to also access exclusive behind-the-scenes content, fan requests  and the chance to ask Andrew your own questions. Membership starts at just £4.50.  This week supporters will hear: Three Things Simon Roe knows to be true.  AND subscribers also access all of our previous bonus content - a rich trove of insight on love, life and meaning created by Andrew and his interviewees. Follow Up Get Andrew's free guide to difficult conversations with your partner: How to Tell Your Partner Difficult Things  Take a look at Andrew's new online relationship course: My Best Relationship Tools   Attend Andrew's new men's retreat, Reconnect With Yourself, this autumn in the Brandenberg countryside near Berlin.  Visit Simon Roe's website  Learn about the Kingfisher Project, a community dedicated to rites of passage for boys aged 13-16.  Join our Supporters Club to access exclusive behind-the-scenes content, fan requests and the chance to ask Andrew your own questions. Membership starts at just £4.50.  Andrew offers regular advice on love, marriage and finding meaning in your life via his social channels. Follow him on Twitter, Facebook and YouTube @andrewgmarshall 

Rainer Maria Rilke said, “Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves... like books that are now written in a very foreign tongue. Do not now seek the answers, which cannot be given you because you would not be able to live them. And the point is, to live everything. Live the questions now.” A sermon about change, growth, and trusting the process. Music: Lydia Clark & Susan Peck

Rainer Maria Rilkes epochemachende Literatur hallt bis heute nach. Gedichte wie "Der Panther", "Blaue Hortensie", "Herbst" oder "Duineser Elegien" zählen zum Literatur-Kanon, genauso sein Roman "Die Aufzeichnungen des Malte Laurids Brigge". Seine Texte zu Kunst, Philosophie oder Literatur sind berühmt, seine Briefe ebenso. Wer aber war der Mensch Rainer Maria Rilke? Das wollte Sandra Richter herausfinden.

Host, Lisa Colon DeLay and Mark S. Burrows discuss his new books and translation projects of poet Rainer Maria Rilke in a fascinating conversation.

Wes & Erin continue their discussion of Rainer Maria Rilke's “You Who Never Arrived" and “Be Ahead of All Parting” (II.13 from his “Sonnets to Orpheus”), and whether—as Rilke suggests—death can be put in service of life, and suffering sourced as the principal wellspring of a joyful existence.

Im Dezember 2025 wäre Rainer Maria Rilke 150 Jahre alt geworden. Zwei neue Biografien widmen sich dem charismatischen Lyriker: Sandra Richter schreibt über „Rainer Maria Rilke oder Das offene Leben“; Manfred Koch hat seiner umfangreichen Studie den Titel „Rilke. Dichter der Angst“ gegeben. Silke Arning hat beide Bücher gelesen und erzählt im Gespräch, was die beiden Autoren Neues herausgefunden haben.

Daily QuoteSpring has returned. The Earth is like a child that knows poems. (Rainer Maria Rilke)Poem of the DaySpringWilliam ShakespeareBeauty of Words春之怀古张晓风

Rainer Maria Rilke, seine epochemachende Literatur hallt bis heute nach. Gedichte wie "Der Panther", "Blaue Hortensie", "Herbst" oder "Duineser Elegien" zählen zum Literatur-Kanon, genauso sein Roman "Die Aufzeichnungen des Malte Laurids Brigge". Seine Schriften zu Kunst, Philosophie oder Literatur sind berühmt, seine Briefe ebenso. Wer aber war Rainer Maria Rilke? Sandra Richter, Direktorin des Deutschen Literaturarchivs Marbach, sitzt sozusagen an der Quelle, sie kann zu den exotischen Zeiten, außerhalb der Öffnungszeiten, dort lesen, forschen, arbeiten, denn sie hat "den Schlüssel". Und Marbach kann sich über eine Besonderheit freuen: Erst vor kurzem, 2022, hat das Deutsche Literaturarchiv seinen Rilke-Bestand erweitert und das große Rilke-Archiv erworben. Aus diesem Material hat die Literaturwissenschaftlerin nun ein Buch gemacht: "Rainer Maria Rilke oder Das offene Leben". Darin zeichnet sie ein neues, unerwartetes Rilke-Bild. Wie das aussieht, wie Sandra Richter "ihren" Rainer Maria Rilke neu zu deuten weiß, darüber spricht sie in "NDR Kultur à la carte" mit Martina Kothe.

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In his poem “You Who Never Arrived,” Rainer Maria Rilke suggests that we can mourn love as an unrealized possibility, and see this loss signified everywhere in the ordinary objects of the external world. In “Be Ahead of All Parting” (II.13 from his “Sonnets to Orpheus”), he seems to claim that poetry has the capacity to redeem such losses—and retrieve them, so to speak, from their underworld. Wes & Erin discuss these two classics, and whether—as Rilke suggests—death can be put in service of life, and suffering sourced as the principal wellspring of a joyful existence.

Paule Amblard est historienne de l'Art et aussi de la Spiritualité du Moyen-Âge. Elle a écrit de nombreux ouvrages comme Le pèlerinage intérieur, ou Les enfants de Notre Dame. Il y a près de deux ans, Paule Amblard avait déjà emmené beaucoup d'auditeurs de Zeteo avec elle, au cours d'un épisode captivant consacré au pèlerinage de l'âme après la mort. C'était à l'occasion de la parution de son livre La chambre de l'âme, qui s'appuyait sur un manuscrit médiéval et qui comportait aussi une dimension autobiographique. Avec elle, nous retournons au cœur du Moyen-Âge : Paule Amblard nous raconte les grands traits de l'histoire de Notre Dame de Paris, depuis sa fondation jusqu'à nos jours, un récit qu'elle développe dans le nouveau livre qu'elle vient de publier : Notre Dame de Paris, les symboles des pierres. En fait, c'est à un nouveau pèlerinage que Paule Amblard nous invite : un cheminement qui va du visible vers l'invisible, de l'extériorité vers l'intériorité, du parvis de la cathédrale jusqu'au saint des saints du chœur. Un chemin qui nous révèle à quel point tout est intrinsèquement lié et inséparable. Le partage de Paule Amblard est enthousiasmant, parce que sa passion est rayonnante. À notre tour, nous sommes invités à un cheminement bouleversant, à l'évocation des symboles, des fresques, des scènes innombrables que nous offre l'Art sacré de Notre Dame de Paris. Nous revivons les grands moments de l'histoire du salut que ce monument hors du commun nous rappelle. Nous comprenons comment le mal peut être combattu, la peur surmontée et même accueillie, comme le dit si bien Rainer Maria Rilke que cite Paule Amblard : « Tous les dragons de notre vie sont peut-être des princesses qui attendent de nous voir beaux et courageux. Toutes les choses terrifiantes ne sont peut-être que des choses sans secours qui attendent que nous les secourions » Nous avions tous été profondément atteints par l'incendie de Notre Dame de Paris et par la menace de son entière destruction. Nous avions alors mesuré l'importance de cette cathédrale dans le monde entier. Aujourd'hui, magnifiquement rénovée, elle offre à l'humanité un symbole très fort de résurrection, qui survient en des temps agités où nous en avons tant besoin. Pour lire Notre Dame de Paris, les symbole des pierres, le livre de Paule Amblard, cliquer ici. TERRASSER NOS DRAGONS  Chers amis, chers auditeurs de Zeteo, Il semble qu'il y a des temps où les peurs se propagent davantage que d'autres. Des temps où le mal semble plus à l'œuvre, comme s'il était libéré de tous freins, et qu'il menaçait de couvrir la terre du feu de sa colère, de ses guerres et de ses désolations. Pour certains, l'époque que nous vivons en ce moment est inquiétante. Il y aurait même des relents qui font penser aux années Trente. Pour d'autres, le cœur de l'hiver où nous sommes est toujours un moment difficile à passer, peut-être à cause du froid, de l'absence de lumière, des ciels ternes et bas où l'azur et le lointain sont trop longtemps absents. L'épisode que nous diffusons dès aujourd'hui, avec Paule Amblard et au sujet de Notre Dame de Paris, est un formidable remède ! Il offre un cheminement bouleversant, celui que nous propose l'art sacré d'une cathédrale ressuscitée. De nombreuses fresques, statues, scènes inscrites dans les symboles des pierres de Notre Dame de Paris nous apprennent à surmonter toutes nos peurs. Elles nous conduisent aussi à une bouleversante conversion, celle qui consiste à accueillir nos peurs, à consoler l'enfant apeuré en nous, à ouvrir nos cœurs en toute confiance à la bienveillance divine. Ce dragon que terrassent Saint Michel ou Saint Georges, c'est celui du mal qui étreint le monde autant que nos cœurs. C'est le merveilleux enseignement de ce nouvel épisode de Zeteo. Les difficultés ne disparaîtront peut-être pas. Mais en terrassant nos dragons, grâce à l'aide de nos amis célestes, nous ne leur permettons pas de nous anéantir, et nous desserrons déjà leurs étreintes angoissantes et paralysantes. Comme nous l'écrivions la semaine passée, cette période de l'année est également la plus difficile pour Zeteo. Celle au cours de laquelle la récolte de dons est la plus faible. Nous tenons ici à remercier chaleureusement ceux qui ont répondu à l'appel de dimanche dernier. Et nous faisons appel à ceux qui peuvent à leur tour se joindre à cet effort particulier du moment. Ici, Zeteo a besoin de vous, auditeurs, pour terrasser son dragon ! Nous sommes confiants et accueillons tout ce qui vient et viendra de la bienveillance infinie du Ciel, Fraternellement, Guillaume Devoud  Pour faire un don, il suffit de cliquer ici pour aller sur notre compte de paiement de dons en ligne sécurisé par HelloAsso. Ou de cliquer ici pour aller sur notre compte Paypal. Vos dons sont défiscalisables à hauteur de 66% : par exemple, un don de 50€ ne coûte en réalité que 17€. Le reçu fiscal est généré automatiquement et immédiatement à tous ceux qui passent par la plateforme de paiement sécurisé en ligne de HelloAsso Nous délivrons directement un reçu fiscal à tous ceux qui effectuent un paiement autrement (Paypal, chèque à l'association Telio, 116 boulevard Suchet, 75016 Paris – virement : nous écrire à info@zeteo.fr ).   Pour lire d'autres messages de nos auditeurs : cliquer ici. Pour en savoir plus au sujet de Zeteo, cliquer ici. Pour en savoir plus au sujet de Bethesda, cliquer ici. Pour en savoir plus au sujet de Telio, cliquer ici. 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Die Literaturagenten träumen gemeinsam mit Julia Schoch den wilden Traum von einem Leben als Schriftstellerin und stellen die Frage: Ist es möglich zu schreiben und dennoch glücklich zu werden? Außerdem lernen wir zum 125. Geburtstag von Rainer Maria Rilke unbekannte Seiten des Dichters kennen. Und in der Buchbehandlung lassen wir uns einen Bären aufbinden.

Rainer Maria Rilke gilt als einer der wichtigsten Autoren der literarischen Moderne. Zum 150. Geburtstag erscheint eine neue Biografie auf Grundlage der Archive des Deutschen Literaturarchivs in Marbach.

When was the last time you truly paused, embraced the silence, and spent meaningful time with yourself? In a world that never stops, moments of solitude can feel rare—and even uncomfortable. But what if those quiet moments hold the key to your self-discovery, creativity, and emotional well-being?Solitude is often misunderstood. Many people equate it with loneliness or view it as unproductive. But, as the poet Rainer Maria Rilke once said, ‘The only journey is the one within.' Taking time to be alone is not about isolating yourself from the world—it's about reconnecting with your inner self.In today's episode, we'll explore the transformative power of solitude, debunk the myths surrounding it, and show how it can help you create a life you truly love. Let's begin this journey inward together.” Follow me on instagram for more inspiring, motivational and uplifting content. See you there

Flourishing is not a fixed state; it is an unfolding. In this time of rupture we need encounters with flourishing, to know it in our lived experiences individually and collectively. In this transformative event on December 12, 2024, Ryan McGranaghan, host of the Origins Podcast and founder of the Flourishing Salons, engaged in a moving conversation with four profound provocateurs and a wider community of artists, designers, engineers, scientists, educators, and contemplatives. The event was co-hosted by Flourishing Salons and the Cultural Programs of the National Academy of Sciences (CPNAS) DC Art and Science Evening Rendezvous (DASER).Origins Podcast WebsiteFlourishing Commons NewsletterShow Notes:Video of the event (link) and event page (link)Opening remarks - JD Talasek, Cultural Programs of the National Academy of Sciences (03:30)DC Art Science Evening Rendezvous (03:30)Ryan McGranaghan framing (05:50)Flourishing Salons (06:00)Rainer Maria Rilke "Let This Darkness Be a Bell Tower" (07:30)Elizabeth Alexander (09:00)James Suzman (09:40)Danielle Allen (09:40)John Paul Lederach and critical yeast (12:00)Audrey Tang (12:50)David Whyte (13:10)"Knowledge Commons and the Future of Democracy" (14:00)Simone Weil (18:00)American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting (19:00)'Flourishing Summits' (19:45)Susan Magsamen provocation (20:15)Julie Demuth provocation (34:00)Jennifer Wiseman provocation (45:00)Dan Jay provocation (56:15)Salon discussion (01:11:00)Find the guests online:Susan MagsamenJulie DemuthJennifer WisemanDan JayLogo artwork by Cristina GonzalezMusic by swelo on all streaming platforms or @swelomusic on social media

Anne Ghesquière reçoit Jean-Yves Leloup, écrivain, prêtre orthodoxe, thérapeute, philosophe, théologien, auteur de de plus de 70 ouvrages sur les origines du christianisme et la rencontre des religions. Qui aime, qui pense et qui agit en moi ? Nous allons tenter de répondre à ces questions essentielles avec Jean-Yves Leloup qui nous interroge à travers son nouveau livre, Qui est le Maître intérieur : qui oriente mes désirs et mes pensées, à qui puis-je accorder ma confiance ou ma foi, qui a autorité sur moi ? Et pour nous guider à la présence intérieure, il évoque dans son nouvel ouvrage le lien aux anges dans les grandes traditions spirituelles mais aussi de l'intuition poétique de l'immense poète Rainer Maria Rilke et de la psychologie contemporaine. [REDIFFUSION – BEST OF – MÉTAMORPHOSE]Le podcast #251 a été diffusé, la première fois, le 23 décembre 2021.Quelques citations du podcast avec Jean-Yves Leloup :"On n'a pas d'autre maître que le vivant, que la vie""Dieu ne possède personne, il éclaire notre liberté""Notre désir est fait pour l'infini et l'infini seul peut le combler""Le rôle du maître extérieur est de nous ramener au maître intérieur"Thèmes abordés lors du podcast avec Jean-Yves Leloup : 00:00 Introduction01:59 Pourquoi obéir à son "maître intérieur" ?03:30 Qui parle en nous ?04:48 Comment discerner les bonnes voix en nous ?06:06 Qu'est-ce que la joie véritable ?07:05 Quels sont les différents maîtres extérieurs ?14:22 Notre nature entre profondeur et élévation.17:02 Les enseignements de la poésie de Rilke.19:48 Prendre le temps de la solitude pour mieux aimer.21:01 D'où vient le désir ?Avant-propos et précautions à l'écoute du podcast Recevez un mercredi sur deux la newsletter Métamorphose avec des infos inédites sur le podcast et les inspirations d'AnneFaites le TEST gratuit de La Roue Métamorphose avec 9 piliers de votre vie !Suivez nos RS : Insta, Facebook & TikTokAbonnez-vous sur Apple Podcast / Spotify / Deezer / CastBox/ YoutubeSoutenez Métamorphose en rejoignant la Tribu MétamorphosePhoto DR Hébergé par Acast. Visitez acast.com/privacy pour plus d'informations.

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We can make our lives very small by turning away from what we don't understand or what frightens us. And if we feel very separate from life, like somehow we are visitors from a far-off planet with no belonging to this planet, we can easily feel as if we have nothing to stand on as we face what is most difficult about life. In this week's conversation we begin with a source from Rainer Maria Rilke which invites us to know ourselves as not at all different from the life we are already in the middle of, and then invites us to see that what is most difficult or frightening to us is an opportunity to draw upon the inherent capacity we humans have to meet life. It's a stirring, inspiring and very kind invitation to us to meet a world that really could do with our bringing ourselves as whole-heartedly as we can. Hosted, as always, by Lizzie Winn and Justin Wise of Thirdspace. Join Our Weekly Mailing: www.turningtowards.life/subscribe Support Us: www.buymeacoffee.com/turningtowardslife Turning Towards Life, a week-by-week conversation inviting us deeply into our lives, is a live 30 minute conversation hosted by Justin Wise and Lizzie Winn of Thirdspace.  Find us on FaceBook to watch live and join in the lively conversation on this episode. You can find videos of every episode, and more about the project on the Turning Towards Life website, and you can also watch and listen on Instagram, YouTube, and as a podcast on Apple, Google, Amazon Music and Spotify. Here's our source for this week: Fear of the Inexplicable But fear of the inexplicable has not alone impoverished the existence of the individual; the relationship between one human being and another has also been cramped by it, as though it had been lifted out of the riverbed of  endless possibilities and set down in a fallow spot on the  bank, to which nothing happens. For it is not inertia alone that is responsible for human relationships repeating themselves from case to case, indescribably monotonous and unrenewed: it is shyness before any sort of new, unforeseeable experience with which one does not think oneself able to cope. But only someone who is ready for everything, who excludes  nothing, not even the most enigmatical, will live the relation  to another as something alive and will himself draw exhaustively from his own existence. For if we think of this existence of the individual as a larger or smaller room, it appears evident  that most people learn to know only a corner of their room, a place by the window, a strip of floor on which they walk up and  down. Thus they have a certain security. And yet that dangerous insecurity is so much more human which drives the prisoners in Poe's stories to feel out the shapes of their horrible dungeons and not be strangers to the unspeakable terror of their abode.   We, however, are not prisoners. No traps or snares are set about us, and there is nothing which should intimidate or worry us.We are set down in life as in the element to which we best  correspond, and over and above this we have through thousands of  years of accommodation become so like this life, that when we  hold still we are, through a happy mimicry, scarcely to be distinguished from all that surrounds us. We have no reason to mistrust our world, for it is not against us. Has it terrors,  they are our terrors; has it abuses, those abuses belong to us;  when there are dangers at hand, we must try to love them. And if only we  arrange our life according to that principle which counsels us that we must always hold to the difficult, then that which now  still seems to us the most alien will become what we most trust and find most faithful.  How should we be able to forget those ancient myths about dragons that at the last moment turn into  princesses; perhaps all the dragons of our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us once beautiful and brave. Perhaps  everything terrible is in its deepest being something helpless  that wants help from us. Rainer Maria Rilke  Photo by Jeremy Bishop on Unsplash

Can an artist truly live without creating? Join us as Ty Nathan Clark explores this compelling question and offers an intimate view of his creative journey while Nathan prepares for his much-awaited exhibition in Munich alongside the talented Kit King. Through the lens of cherished literary works by Lewis Hyde and Rainer Maria Rilke and the poetic brilliance of Theodore Roethke and Allen Ginsberg, Ty shares insights into the transformative power of turning inward for inspiration. Together, we unravel the essence of inviting past artistic influences into our work, embracing the natural flow of creativity, and celebrating the raw authenticity that emerges when we connect with our inner selves and nature.This episode is a heartfelt celebration of the artist's journey, filled with profound reflections and inspiring moments. Ty delves into the necessity of pursuing art as an intrinsic need and the value of self-discovery and solitude in fostering true creative expression. Highlighting a captivating encounter with artist Edward Povey, we discuss the importance of focusing on the soul and authentic creativity over seeking external approval. Let this conversation inspire you to prioritize your genuine artistic vision and find solace in the undeniable magic of creation.Books:The GIft: Creativity and the Artist in the Modern World - Lewis HydeLetter to a Young Poet- Rainer Maria RilkeA Small Porch: Wendell Berry Where Nathan is Showing in Munich January 2025:https://www.benjamin-eck.comKit King:https://www.kitkingart.comEdward Povey:https://www.instagram.com/edwardpoveySend us a message - we would love to hear from you!Make sure to follow us on Instagram here:@justmakeartpodcast @tynathanclark @nathanterborg

Why should people care about fundamental questions of existence or try to understand the principles of our universe? Because we may be the only sentient beings in existence who can! At least, that's what returning guest Dr. Kelsey Johnson, past president of the AAS and the ASP, and author of “Into the Unknown – The Quest to Understand the Mysteries of the Cosmos, tells Dr. Charles Liu and co-host Allen Liu as our interview resumes. And then we're off and running! Kelsey explains where her passion for astrophysics comes from, and why it's our responsibility to explore the reality in which we live. You'll hear about how really big our universe is and why we need to get comfortable with the unknown – with an assist from Rainer Maria Rilke's “Letters To A Young Poet.” Our first question comes from Violetta, who asks, “What was the most interesting thing that got you into astrophysics?” Kelsey describes how, long before she knew anything about astronomy, she fell in love with Vega while staring at it from the middle of a giant potato field. She talks about what it's like to discover something through a telescope that no one on Earth has ever seen before. Charles shares a memory about hunting for – and discovering – quasars around the Hubble Deep Field (North) when he was a post-doc using the MMT Telescope in Arizona. Kelsey talks about seeing the unbelievable night sky while visiting the site of the ALMA Observatory in the Atacama Desert in Chile. We end the episode with Chuck and Kelsey talking about how hard it can be for parents to get their kids to follow in their footsteps, at least when those footsteps lead to a telescope! If you'd like to know more about Kelsey, you can visit her website and follow her on Twitter (X) and Instagram at @ProfKelsey, We hope you enjoy this episode of The LIUniverse, and, if you do, please support us on Patreon. Credits for Images Used in this Episode: The Hubble Deep Field (north) – NASA, Public Domain Inside the MMT observatory – Bill85704 on Flickr, CC BY 2.0 Two of ALMA's radio antennae – Iztok Bončina/ESO, CC BY 4.0 Vega – Stephen Rahn, public domain (CC0) #TheLIUniverse #CharlesLiu #AllenLiu #SciencePodcast #AstronomyPodcast  #KelseyJohnson #AAS #ASP #IntotheUnknown #RainerMariaRilke #LettersToAYoungPoet #ALMAObservatory #AtacamaDesert #Vega #MMTObservatory #HubbleDeepField

Vouloir se mettre en danger pour s'augmenter, être toujours plus performant, meilleur que la veille... Cette injonction de notre époque, la journaliste Marie Misset la rejette instinctivement. Pourtant, "sortir de sa zone de confort" est un conseil qui ne cesse de résonner dans nos oreilles et qui s'est apparemment avéré bénéfique pour beaucoup, dont les témoins de cet épisode : les artistes November Ultra et Philippe Katerine, ou encore Loann, un jeune homme trans qui a grandi dans un milieu très conservateur. Que faut-il retenir de ces parcours ? Faut-il repenser ce que nous désignons comme une zone de confort ? Est-ce qu'il ne vaudrait pas mieux élargir sa base plutôt que de la fuir ? C'est ce que se demande Marie Misset dans cet épisode d'Émotions, avec les éclairages de la philosophe Gabrielle Halpern, notamment autrice de Tous centaures. Éloge de l'hybridation.Marie Misset va présenter cette nouvelle saison d'Émotions !Pour aller plus loin : Lire les Lettres à un jeune poète de Rainer Maria Rilke, qui écrit que “les dragons de notre vie sont peut-être des princesses qui attendent de nous voir beaux et courageux.”Lire, selon les conseils de Gabrielle Halpern, le Prix Nobel de littérature Élias Canetti et sa vision de la vie comme un éternel rétrécissement et le philosophe Ludwig Wittgenstein qui parle des gonds fixes pour que le porte tourneLire Mihály Csíkszentmihályi, le psychologue à l'origine de la notion de “flow”, Flow. The Psychology of Optimal Experience ou un de ses ouvrages traduits en français Vivre. La psychologie du bonheur pour la version “flux”Lire L'enracinement de la philosophe Simone Weil, qui parle des vertus du risque quand il est pris dans des conditions optimalesEcouter November Ultra et Philippe KaterineSi vous aussi vous voulez nous raconter votre histoire dans Émotions, écrivez-nous en remplissant ce formulaire ou à l'adresse hello@louiemedia.comÉmotions est un podcast de Louie Media. Marie Misset a tourné, écrit et monté cet épisode. La réalisation sonore est de Guillaume Girault. Le générique est réalisé par Clémence Reliat, à partir d'un extrait d'En Sommeil de Jaune. Elsa Berthault est en charge de la production. Pour avoir des news de Louie, des recos podcasts et culturelles, abonnez-vous à notre newsletter en cliquant ici. Vous souhaitez soutenir la création et la diffusion des projets de Louie Media ? Vous pouvez le faire via le Club Louie. Chaque participation est précieuse. Nous vous proposons un soutien sans engagement, annulable à tout moment, soit en une seule fois, soit de manière régulière. Au nom de toute l'équipe de Louie : MERCI ! Hébergé par Acast. Visitez acast.com/privacy pour plus d'informations.

Ralph welcomes back Hassan El-Tayyab, the Legislative Director for Middle East policy at the Friends Committee on National Legislation to talk about the FCNL's recent lobbying efforts in support of a ceasefire in Gaza, as well as the recently-introduced bill to restore funding to UNRWA. Then, Ralph is joined by journalist Rachel Corbett to discuss her recent article for the NY Times Magazine "The For-Profit City That Might Come Crashing Down" about Próspera, the private, for-profit city off the coast of Honduras. Finally, our resident international-law expert Bruce Fein stops by to discuss Israel's recent coordinated attacks in Lebanon. Hassan El-Tayyab is Legislative Director for Middle East policy and Advocacy Organizer at the Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL). Previously, he was co-director of the national advocacy group Just Foreign Policy, where he worked to reassert Congressional war authority and promote human rights in the Middle East and Latin America. He played a major role in the successful passage of the War Powers Resolution to end US military aid to the Saudi-UAE coalition's war in Yemen. I've been reading a recent statement that the Friends Committee has put out on the Gaza situation. They just can't seem to keep up with the massive expansion of Israeli state terrorism and the death and destruction that's being wrought on hundreds of thousands of Palestinian civilians, families, children, mothers, fathers, and the civilian infrastructure. [Their] effort on Capitol Hill—which is a longstanding feature of the Friends Committee on Legislation—seems hopelessly overwhelmed by the AIPAC-led Israeli-government-can-do-no-wrong lobby.Ralph NaderWe try to find common ground. As you know, the Quaker way is to believe that there's a spirit and light in everybody—whether we agree with them or not, we want to engage. And that's just a philosophy that we've had for over 80 years as an organization, and much longer than that as Quakers doing peace advocacy work going back hundreds of years. So we try to engage with everybody. Maybe we don't agree on the weapons shipments, but we can agree on sending US Navy hospital ships to the region. Hassan El-TayyabIf we care about peace, we have to throw down for peace. And not just support humanitarian aid, but actually get involved in the political end of this as well. Because we are spiraling. We're spiraling into a dark place if we don't get our act together.Hassan El-TayyabRachel Corbett is a journalist who has written for the New Yorker, the New York Times Magazine, the Atlantic, and New York Magazine, among other publications. And she is the author of You Must Change Your Life: The Story of Rainer Maria Rilke and Auguste Rodin which won the 2016 Marfield Prize, the National Award for Arts Writing.On the one hand, you could almost laugh at something like this. There's so many silly anecdotes that come out of it. And on the other hand, it seems incredibly serious, like something that may be happening underneath the surface that has actually been intentionally happening underneath the surface. I think there's a concerted effort to keep things quiet while these cities get built and become almost too big to tear down… Although they're not that advanced, the sheer money behind them and the influence of the people behind them is serious, and this tribunal case alone proves it could have really serious effects on the actual world.Rachel CorbettBruce Fein is a Constitutional scholar and an expert on international law.  Mr. Fein was Associate Deputy Attorney General under Ronald Reagan and he is the author of Constitutional Peril: The Life and Death Struggle for Our Constitution and Democracy, and American Empire: Before the Fall.There is no way that Israel was able to limit the distribution of the pages to Hezbollah, so they knew that they were taking a very high risk that civilians would be killed or injured—which is a violation of the Geneva Convention prohibition upon resorting to any military endeavor where the risk of harm to civilians is dramatically disproportionate to the military objective at issue.Bruce FeinEven with the low bar that many people present before the Biden administration, it is unsettling to see White House spokespeople day after day knowingly lying about Israel “complying with all laws.”Ralph Nader Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe

Sean Illing speaks with poet and historian Jennifer Michael Hecht, whose book The Wonder Paradox asks: If we don't have God or religion, what — if anything — do we lose? They discuss how religion accesses meaning — through things like prayer, ceremony, and ritual — and Jennifer speaks on the ways that poetry can play similar roles in a secular way. They also discuss some of the "tricks" that poets use, share favorite poems, and explore what it would mean to "live the questions" — and even learn to love them — without having the answers. Host: Sean Illing (@seanilling), host, The Gray Area Guest: Jennifer Michael Hecht (@Freudeinstein), poet, historian; author References:  The Wonder Paradox: Embracing the Weirdness of Existence and the Poetry of Our Lives by Jennifer Michael Hecht (FSG; 2023) Doubt: A History by Jennifer Michael Hecht (HarperOne; 2004) Rainer Maria Rilke, from a 1903 letter to Franz Kappus, published in Letters to a Young Poet (pub. 1929) Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman (1855) "Why do parrots live so long?" by Charles Q. Choi (LiveScience; May 23, 2022) "The survival of poetry depends on the failure of language," from The Tree of Meaning: Language, Mind, and Ecology by Robert Bringhurst (Counterpoint; 2009) "Traveler, There Is No Road" ("Caminante, no hay camino") by Antonio Machado (1917) "A Free Man's Worship" by Bertrand Russell (1903) Totality and Infinity: An Essay on Exteriority by Emmanuel Levinas (1961)   Support The Gray Area by becoming a Vox member: https://www.vox.com/support-now Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices