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Other People’s Words, Episode 11: Works of Love, by Søren Kierkegaard

October 8, 2021 By Andy Wicks

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How do you define love? How do you describe it to someone else? Mark Joesting reads an excerpt from Søren Kierkegaard’s Works of Love to do just that. Some of Mark’s work can be found here. It’s wicked good.

Filed Under: Other People's Words Tagged With: Christian Existentialism, Kierkegaard, Mark Joesting, philosophy, Søren Kierkegaard, Works of Love

Other People’s Words Episode 10: Excerpt from “Letters to a Young Poet” by Rainer Maria Rilke

June 10, 2021 By Andy Wicks

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We are living a path blindly. Sarah Troedson Haynes relates how the advice from a revered figure gave her comfort and freedom at a time in her life, much like Franz Xaver Kappus did with Rainer Maria Rilke in the early 20th century. She reads an excerpt from Letters from a Young Poet.

Filed Under: Other People's Words Tagged With: Franz Xaver Kappus, Letters to a Young Poet, Rainer Maria Rilke, Rilke, Sarah Troedson Haynes

Other People’s Words Episode 9: Excerpt from The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, by CS Lewis

April 23, 2021 By Andy Wicks

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Have you ever been un-dragoned? Jeremy Nilson reads an excerpt from The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, the third book in The Chronicles of Narnia, by C.S. Lewis, in which the character of Eustace recounts how he was changed back from a dragon into a boy. Jeremy uses the tale as a parallel for his own experiences […]

Filed Under: Other People's Words Tagged With: CS Lewis, dragon, Eustace, Eustace Scrubb, Jeremy Nilson, Other People's Words, The Gaming Goat, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

Other People’s Words Episode 8: Excerpt from “The Year of Magical Thinking,” by Joan Didion

March 22, 2021 By Andy Wicks

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The Year of Magical Thinking is a memoir from Joan Didion, describing the time after her husband passed away. She gives clear and direct words to the tangle of emotions we experience during a period of mourning. The last year or so certainly hasn’t been magical, and for far too many people, it has involved the loss […]

Filed Under: Other People's Words Tagged With: death, grief, grieving, Joan Didion, Lyndsay LeClair, mourn, mourning, Other People's Words, The Year of Magical Thinking

Other People’s Words Episode 7: “Behind Each Number, One Beloved Face,” by Malcolm Guite

February 7, 2021 By Andy Wicks

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“One death is a tragedy, a million deaths is a statistic.” Versions of this quote, sometimes attributed to Joseph Stalin in 1947 or a French diplomat or German satirist in 1925, depending on who you ask, succinctly explains the numbness that the world feels at the death toll from the COVID-19 pandemic, which stands at […]

Filed Under: Other People's Words Tagged With: Aaron Billard, Behind Each Number One Beloved Face, COVID-19, Malcolm Guite, Other People's Words, pandemic, poem, Poetry, Unvirtuous Abbey

Other People’s Words Episode 6: “A Wanderer,” by Hashim ZK.

January 25, 2021 By Andy Wicks

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Art can be visual, auditory, tactile, or kinetic. Dr. Edward Mathis tells us how a simple bike ride can be an expression of art, and reads “A Wanderer,” by Indian poet Hashim ZK. Music in this episode by Andy Wicks.

Filed Under: Other People's Words Tagged With: A Wanderer, Bicycle, bike riding, Edward Mathis, Goa, Hashim ZK, India, poem, Poetry

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