#on being studios

[ceekbee]

(On Being Studios)

[jpe9]

(On Being Studios)

[thisisweb3]

(On Being Studios)

Your great mistake is to act the drama as if you were alone. As if life were a progressive and cunning crime with no witness to the tiny hidden transgressions. To feel abandoned is to deny the intimacy of your surroundings. Surely, even you, at times, have felt the grand array; the swelling presence, and the chorus, crowding out your solo voice. You must note the way the soap dish enables you, or the window latch grants you freedom. Alertness is the hidden discipline of familiarity. The stairs are your mentor of things to come, the doors have always been there to frighten you and invite you, and the tiny speaker in the phone is your dream-ladder to divinity. Put down the weight of your aloneness and ease into the conversation. The kettle is singing even as it pours you a drink, the cooking pots have left their arrogant aloofness and seen the good in you at last. All the birds and creatures of the world are unutterably themselves. Everything is waiting for you.

[toyokeoneself]

The ‘bringer’ of mindfulness.

An excellent talk describing mindfulness and what it often perceived as it not quite what it means..

[lexi-tyler]

This Movie Changed Me — Trailer by On Being Studios http://ift.tt/2mx2Yhx

[whileiamdying]

(On Being Studios)

[merelvisse]

(On Being Studios)

An exceptional interview with the composer (and I would argue poet, scholar....) Mohammed Fairouz. He speaks about a “tapestry of counterpoints”; a metaphor for how our individuality comes together in a shared contribution. (May 31st in Germany, Bochum!)

it begins with a fragment of the speech of John F Kennedy in 1963 on Poetry and Power:

“When power leads men towards arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the areas of man's concern, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of his existence. When power corrupts, poetry cleanses. For art establishes the basic human truth which must serve as the touchstone of our judgment.” (audio and transcript) 

“Strength takes many forms, and the most obvious forms are not always the most significant. The men who create power make an indispensable contribution to the Nation’s greatness, but the men who question power make a contribution just as indispensable, especially when that questioning is disinterested, for they determine whether we use power or power uses us.”(audio and transcript) 

[undividedspace]

ON BEING WITH KRISTA TIPPETT from On Being Studios/Krista Tippett Public Productions - Krista Tippett is establishing herself as a central figure in the landscape of podcasting intellectuals.