Youre never like, Oh, Im just done grieving. I mean, you can pretend you are, right, but we arent. Only my head is for you. We speak the language of questions. We have been in the sun. In all kinds of lives, in all kinds of places, they are healers and social creatives. The podcast's foundation is the same as the groundbreaking radio concept. In 2014, Tippett was awarded the National Humanities Medal by U.S. President Barack Obama . Tippett: Because I couldnt decide which ones I wanted you to read. Sometimes youre, and so much of its. Singing is able to touch and join human beings in ways few other arts can. I spoke with Ada Limn at the Ted Mann Concert Hall in Minneapolis. So you get to have this experience with language that feels somewhat disjointed, and in that way almost feels like, Oh, this makes more sense as the language for our human experience than, lets say, a news report.. In between my tasks, I find a dead fledgling, If youre having trouble writing or creating or whatever it is you make, when was the last time you just sat in silence with yourself and listened to what was happening? red glare and then there are the bombs. Its almost romantic as we adjust the waxy blue. These, it turns out, are as common in human life globally as they are measurably health-giving and immunity-boosting. Yeah. On Being with Krista Tippett is about focusing on the immensity of our lives. Can you locate that? We journalists, she wrote, "can summon outrage in five words or I feel like the short poem, maybe read that one, the After the Fire poem is such a wonderful example of so much of what weve been talking about, how poetry can speak to something that is impossible to speak about. Adventures into what can replenish and orient us in this wild ride of a time to be alive: biomimicry and the science of awe; spiritual contrarianism and social creativity; pause and poetry and more towards stretching into this world ahead with dignity . the pummeling of youth. 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. And that feels like its an active thing as opposed to a finished thing, a closed thing. And I think most poets are drawn to that because it feels like what were always trying to do is say something that cant always entirely be said, even in the poem, even in the completed poem. I think that there is a lot about trying to figure out who we are with ourselves. Funny thing about grief, its hold We are in the final weeks as On Being evolves to its next chapter in a world that is evolving, each of us changed in myriad ways weve only begun to process and fathom. Krista Tippett, Becoming Wise: An Inquiry into the Mystery and Art of Living. some new constellations. I think there was also he also was a singer, so he would just sing. It touches almost every aspect of human life in almost every society around the world right now. for the safety of others, for earth, unpoisoned, the song thats our birthright, So its a very special place. thats sung in silence when its too hard to go on, that sounds like someones rough fingers weaving, into anothers, that sounds like a match being lit, in an endless cave, the song that says my bones. A season of big, new, beautiful On Being conversations is here. Sometimes it feels like language and poetry, I often start with sounds. enough of the animal saving me, enough of the high Before the dogs chain. Precisely at a moment like this, of vast aching open questions and very few answers we can agree on, our questions themselves become powerful tools for living and growing. Youre going to be like, huh. Or youll just be like, That makes total sense to me., At the top of the mountain If you live, Shes written six books of poetry, most recently, won the National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry, and her volume, . It makes room for all of these things that can also be It holds all the truths at once too. Or, Im suffering, or Right. Limn: Yeah. And he had a little cage, I would make sure he was And he would get bundled up and carried from house to house. (Unedited) The Dalai Lama, Jonathan Sacks, Katharine Jefferts Schori, and Seyyed Hossein Nasr with Krista Tippett. On Being is an independent nonprofit production of The On Being Project. We literally. What a time to be alive, adrienne maree brown has written. [laughter] But I think you are a prodigy for growing older and wiser. This is not a problem. On her show she promoted her new book, Einstein's God, and if the show is any indication, this new enterprise promises to be a fun fest for people inclined . 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. And when people describe you as a poet, theyll talk about things about intimacy and emotional sincerity and your observations of the natural world. In her Peabody-award winning public radio show and podcast, On Being, Krista Tippett provides a space for deep and meaningful conversations with profound thi. And together you kind of have this relationship. Which I hadnt had before. Free shipping for many products! I almost think that this poem could be used as a meditation. Before the ceramics in the garbage. Between the ground and the feast is where I live now. That really spoke to me, on my sofa. Musings and tools to take into your week. Articles by Krista Tippett on Muck Rack. Our closing music was composed by Gautam Srikishan. I cannot reverse it, the record, chaotic track. Limn: And then you go, Oh no, no, thats just recycling. So thats in the poem. s wisdom and her poetry a refreshing, full-body experience of how this way with words and sound and silence teaches us about being human at all times, but especially now. Enough of osseous and chickadee and sunflower I remember having this experience I was sort of very deeply alone during the early days of the pandemic when my husbands work brought him to another state. But if you look at even the letters we use in our the A actually was initially a drawing of an ox, and M was water. It unfolded at the Ted Mann Concert Hall in Minneapolis, in collaboration with Northrop at the University of Minnesota and Ada Limns publisher, Milkweed Editions. But each of us has callings, not merely to be professionals, but to be friends, neighbors, colleagues, family, citizens, lovers of the world. We can forget this. I just saw her. I think I enjoy getting older. And: advance invitations and news on all things On Being, of course. And then what we find in the second poem is a kind of evolution. Her six books of poetry include, most recently, The Hurting Kind. and the world. Limn: I do think I enjoy it. And its page six of. Tippett: I love that. [laughs]. In this spirit, our ecosystem of offerings launching across 2023 serve a far-flung global web of listeners/practitioners. fact-like take the trowel, plant the limp body And that feels like its an active thing as opposed to a finished thing, a closed thing. And for us, it was Sundays. And so I think my investigation or my curiosity is not so much talking about poetry, but about where poetry comes from in us and what poetry works in us. Before I bury him, I snap a photo and beg Yeah. Tippett: Yeah. And for us, it was Sundays. Each of us imprints the people in the world around us . 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. Our lovely theme music is provided and composed by Zo Keating. Tippett: Right. As we turn the corner from pandemic, although we will not completely turn the corner, I just wanted to read something you wrote on Twitter, which was hilarious. She hosts the On Being podcast and leads The On Being Project, a non-profit media and public life initiative that pursues deep thinking and moral imagination, social courage and joy, towards the renewal of inner life, outer life, and life together. And then I would say in terms of the sacred, it was always the natural world. Theres whole books about how to breathe. We want to rise to what is beautiful and life-giving. An accomplished journalist, author, and entrepreneur, she was awarded the National Humanities Medal in 2014. Many of us were having different experiences. The fear response, the stress response, it had so many other kinds of ripple effects that were so perplexing. Learn more at kalliopeia.org. And I kept thinking how I missed all my family, and I missed my father and his wife, and I missed my mother and stepfather. Ada Limn is the 24th Poet Laureate of the United States. Yeah. But he is driven by passionate callings older and deeper than his public vocation as an actor and comedian. the ego and the obliteration of ego, enough has lost everything, when its not a weapon, squeal with the idea of blissful release, oh lover, Because there are a lot of unhelpful things that have been told to me. Now, somethings, breaking always on the skyline, falling over. Im really longing I realized as I was preparing for this, Im just Of course, I read poetry, I read a lot of poetry in these last years, but I realized Im craving hearing poetry. Sometimes it sounds, sometimes its image, sometimes its a note from a friend with the word lover. And: advance invitations and news on all things On Being, of course, Enough of us across all of our differences see that we have a world to remake. We envision a world that is more fluent in its own humanity and thus able to rise to the great challenges and promise of this century. With an unexpected and exuberant mix of gravity and laughter laughter of delight, and of blessed relief this conversation holds not only what we have traversed these last years, but how we live forward. And I think its in that category. I think there were these moments that that quietness, that aloneness, that solitude, that as hard as they were, I think hopefully weve learned some lessons from that. We think time is always time. And were you writing. Tippett: A lot of them are in the On Being studio, they come in the mail. It wasnt functional in a way. Rate. We are in the final weeks as On Being evolves to its next chapter in a world that is evolving, each of us changed in myriad ways we've only begun to process and fathom. On Being, which began on public radio, has been named a best podcast by The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Guardian, the Webbys, iHeart Radio with more than 400 million downloads. And honestly, this feels to me like if I were teaching a college class, I would have somebody read this poem and say, Discuss.. It is still the river. My body is for me. [audience laughter] And it really struck me that how much I was like, How do I move through this world? Remembering what it is to be a body, I think to be a woman who moves through the world with a body, who gets commented on the body. Theres also how I stand in the field across from the street, thats another way because Im farther from people and therefore more likely to be alone. And the Lilly Endowment, an Indianapolis-based, private family foundation dedicated to its founders interests in religion, community development, and education. Tippett: Were back at the natural world of metaphors and belonging. And isnt it strange that breathing is something that we have to get better at? And I think Id just like to end with a few more poems. wind? I was like, Oh. Then I came downstairs and I was like, Lucas, Im never going to get to be Poet Laureate.. The thesis has never been exile. What happens after we die? And she says, Well, you die, and you get to be part of the Earth, and you get to be part of what happens next. And it was just a very sort of matter-of-fact way of looking at the world. has an unsung third stanza, something brutal It is the world and the trees and the grasses and the birds looking back. We say, Oh, I want to write about this flower. And then we say, Why this flower? I think coming back to this idea that poetry is as embodied as it is linguistic. and hand, the space between. And isnt it strange that breathing is something that we have to get better at? I chose a couple of poems that you wrote again that kind of speak to this. And sometimes when youre going through it, you can kind of see the mono-crop of vineyards that its become. creeks, two highways, two stepparents teeth right before they break It began as "Speaking of Faith" in July 2003, and was renamed On Being in 2010. Good conflict. Technology and vitality. Before the new apartment. body. of the world is both gaze And it felt like this is the language of reciprocity. I think thats very true. And I kept thinking how I missed all my family, and I missed my father and his wife, and I missed my mother and stepfather. A special offering from Krista Tippett and all of us at On Being: an incredible, celebratory event listening back and remembering forwards across 20 years of this show in the good company of our beloved friend and former guest, Rev. the ground and the feast is where I live now. Because I couldnt decide which ones I wanted you to read. Amanda Ripley began her life as a journalist covering crime, disaster, and terrorism. Suppose its easy to slip I think thats very true. , its woven through everything. 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. Tippett: Its that Buddhist, the finger pointing at the moon, right? Yeah. But I love it. I feel like that between space, that liminal space, is a place where we were living for so long, and many of us still living in that between space of, How do I go into the world safely, and how do I move through the world with safety and care-take myself and care-take others. Black bark, slick yellow leaves, a kind of stillness that feels So that even when youre talking about the natural world: we are of it not in it. In fact, Krista interviewed the wise and wonderful . The conversation that resulted with the Jewish-Buddhist teacher and psychotherapist Sylvia Boorstein has been a companion to her and to many from that day forward. Ive got a bone. But I also feel a little bit out of practice with this live event thing. And now we have watched it in these 25 years go from strength, to strength, to strength. 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. When you find a song or you find something and you think, This. Theres a lot of different People. Tippett: several years later and a changed world later. thats sung in silence when its too hard to go on, And what of the stanzas, we never sing, the third that mentions no refuge, could save the hireling and the slave? Tippett: Look at all these people. Was there a religious or spiritual background in your childhood there, however you would describe that now? Many of us were having different experiences. And also that notion and these are other things you said that poetry recognizes our wholeness. And so I have Dr. Rachel Naomi Remen is one of the wise people in our world. And its always an interesting question because I feel like my process changes and I change. It wasnt used as a tool. Page 20. 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?. And now Ill just say it again: they are the publisher of the 24th Poet Laureate of the United States. And I was in the backyard by myself, as many of us were by ourselves. and you forget how to breathe. like something almost worth living for. But if you look at even the letters we use in our the A actually was initially a drawing of an ox, and M was water. SHARE 'It's a hard time in the life of the world' a conversation with Krista Tippett. And its continual and that it hits you sometimes. That its not my neighborhood, and they look beautiful. [laughter] Where some of you were like, Eww, as soon as I said it. What happens after we die? And she says, Well, you die, and you get to be part of the Earth, and you get to be part of what happens next. And it was just a very sort of matter-of-fact way of looking at the world. And if you cant have hope, I think we need a little awe, or a little wonder, or at least a little curiosity. Yeah. [audience laughs] But instead to really have this moment of, Oh, no, its our work together to see one another. in the ground, under the feast up above. And thought, How am I right now at this moment? Okay. Tippett: Was there a religious or spiritual background in your childhood there, however you would describe that now? And shes animated by questions emerging from those loves and from the science she does which we scarcely know how to take seriously amidst so much demoralizing bad ecological news. 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. like water, elemental, and best when its humbled, And it is definitely wine country and all of the things that go along with that. We know joy to be a life-giving, resilience-making human birthright. Henno Road, creek just below, I was so fascinated when I read the earlier poem. One of the most fascinating developments of our time is that human qualities we have understood in terms of virtue experiences weve called spiritual are now being taken seriously by science as intelligence as elements of human wholeness. And so I gave up on it. Yeah, I think theres so much value in grief. the world walking in, ready to be ravaged, open for business. And that between space was the only space that really made sense to me. We are located on Dakota land. I never go there very much anymore. Wisdom Practices and Digital Retreats (Coming in 2023). This is science that invites us to nourish the brains we need, young and old, to live in this world. inward and the looking up, enough of the gun, Or theres just something happens and you get all of a sudden for it to come flooding back. And I found it really useful, a really useful tool to go back in and start to think about what was just no longer true, or maybe had never been true. bliss before you know You should take a nap. [laughter] I know its cruel. The phrase mental health itself makes less and less sense in light of the wild interactivity we can now see between what weve falsely compartmentalized as physical, emotional, mental, even spiritual. This means that I am in a reciprocal relationship with the natural world, not that it is my job to be the poet that goes and says, Tree, I will describe it to you. [audience laughs] I have a lot of poems that basically are that. Tippett: And I also just wondered if that experience of loving sound and the cadence of this language that was yours and not yours, if that also flowed into this love of poetry. Im learning so many different ways to be quiet. @KristaTippett is the host of @OnBeing podcast and a NYTimes bestselling author. us, still right now, a softness like a worn fabric of a nightshirt, and what I do not say is: I trust the world to come back. Interesting. [laughs] And I think Id just like to end with a few more poems. So is his love and study of the farmer-poet Wendell Berry, whose audiobook The Need to Be Whole Nick just recorded. Tippett: No, theres so much to enjoy. But then I just examine all the different ways of being quiet. And were you writing The Hurting Kind during the pandemic and lockdown? All year, Ive said, You know whats funny? That just took me back to this moment in the pandemic where I took so many walks in my neighborhood that Ive lived in for so many years and saw things Id never seen before, including these massive Just suddenly looking down where the trees were and seeing and understanding, just really having this moment where I understood that its their neighborhood and Im living in it. And whats good for my body and my mental health. All of those things. Page 40. cigarette smoke or expertise in recipes or, reading skills. , which was a couple of years before that, certainly pre-pandemic, in the before times, was the way you wrote, a way that you spoke of the same story of yourself. The Hearthland Foundation. And one of them this is also on. And then a trauma of the pandemic was that our breathing became a danger to strangers and beloveds. So I think there was a lot of, not only was it music, but then it was music in Spanish. scratched and stopped to the original I think we all came a little bit more alive. by even the ageless woods, the shortgrass plains, Yeah. No, really I was. Yeah, there wasnt a religious practice. Limn: Yeah, I was convinced. To be made whole/ by being not a witness,/ but witnessed. Can you say a little bit about that? Transcription by Alletta Cooper Krista Tippett: I really believe that poetry is something we humans need almost as much as we need water and air. Also because so much of whats been and again, its not just in the past, what has happened, has been happening below the level of consciousness in our bodies. Yeah. These are heavier, page 86 and page 87. And this poem was basically a list of all the poems I didnt think I could write, because it was the early days of the pandemic, and I kept thinking, just that poetry had kind of given up on me, I guess. 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