Music: Seven League Boots by Zo Keating. Tippett: Would you read this poem, The End of Poetry, which I feel speaks to that a bit. And now we have watched it in these 25 years go from strength, to strength, to strength. whats larger within us, toward how we were born. 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. And the Q has the tail of a monkey, and weve forgotten this. And to not have that bifurcated for a moment. Is where that poem came from. After almost 20 years on public radio at the helm of her award-winning show On Being, Krista Tippett is transitioning the weekly program to a seasonal podcast.. Tippett said that the On Being Project, her nonprofit organization that produces the show, began seeing itself a few years ago "as a media and public life organization and to figure out what it means to be that. This is not a problem. This poem is featured in Ada's On Being conversation with Krista, "To Be Made Whole.". of dust and I wish to reclaim the rising. I think there are things we all learned also. Nov 19, 2022, 8:00pm PST. I think this poem, for me, is very much about learning to find a home and a sense of belonging in a world where being at peace is actually frowned upon. I was like, Oh. Then I came downstairs and I was like, Lucas, Im never going to get to be Poet Laureate.. Yeah, Ive got a lot of feelings moving through me. beneath us, and I was just not forgetting and star bodies and frozen birds, enough of the will to go on and not go on or how, a certain light does a certain thing, enough, of the kneeling and the rising and the looking. And its continual and that it hits you sometimes. An accomplished journalist, author, and entrepreneur, she was awarded the National Humanities Medal in 2014. and gloss. You will hear the voices of wise and graceful lives of former guests, and of listeners from far-flung places. Thats really hard. Limn: I do think I enjoy it. [Music: Seven League Boots by Zo Keating]. 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 . Page 40. cigarette smoke or expertise in recipes or, reading skills. I trust those moments where it feels like, Oh, right, this is a weird. Language is strange, and its evolving. unpoisoned, the song thats our birthright. and enough of the pointing to the world, weary And it says, You are here. And I felt like every day Id write a poem was literally putting that little, You are here dot on a map. The term "compassion" -- typically reserved for the saintly or the sappy -- has fallen out of touch with reality. Our lovely theme music is provided and composed by Zo Keating. All came, and still comes, from the natural world. We literally. Its a prose poem. We point out the stars that make Orion as we take out 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. Then in 2018, she published a brilliant essay called "Complicating the Narratives," which she opened by confessing a professional existential crisis. The one that always misses where Im not, Oh, thank you. Tacos. Because you did write a great essay called Taco Truck Saved my Marriage.. recycling bin until you say, Man, we should really learn Theres this poem which Ive never heard anybody ask you to read called Where the Circles Overlap, . 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. So maybe just to use a natural world metaphor to just dip our toes into the water, would you read Sanctuary? people could point to us with the arrows they make in their minds. 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 . Weve come this far, survived this much. and buried, I go about my day, which isnt, ordinary, exactly, because nothing is ordinary Because I love this poem, and no one has ever asked me to read this poem. Tippett: To be made whole/ by being not a witness,/ but witnessed. Can you say a little bit about that? And then I kept thinking, What are the other things I can do that with?. Tippett: You hosted this, The Slowdown podcast, this great poetry podcast for a while and. So well just be on an adventure together. I think that there is a lot about trying to figure out who we are with ourselves. We can forget this. I think thats something we didnt know how to talk about. We meet longings for justice and healing by equipping for reflection, repair, and joy. 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. But each of us has callings, not merely to be professionals, but to be friends, neighbors, colleagues, family, citizens, lovers of the world. Yeah. And that feels like its an active thing as opposed to a finished thing, a closed thing. So I think thats where, for me, I found any sort of sense of spirituality or belonging. That is real but its not the whole story of us. Limn: Yeah. And it was an incredible treat to interview her before 1,000 people, packed together in a concert hall on a cold Minnesota night. And isnt it strange that breathing is something that we have to get better at? 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. Ada Limn is the 24th Poet Laureate of the United States. And that was in shorter supply than one would think. has lost everything, when its not a weapon, Limn: 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 Im not sure Ive had a conversation across all these years that was a more unexpected and exuberant mix of gravity and laughter laughter of delight, and of blessed relief. And then you can also be like, Im a little anxious about this thing thats happening next week. Or all of these things, it makes room for all of those things. us, still right now, a softness like a worn fabric of a nightshirt. and hand, the space between. My familys all in California. Dont get me wrong, I do, like the flag, how it undulates in the wind. if we declared a clean night, if we stopped being terrified. It sends us back to work with the raw materials of our lives, understanding that these are always the materials even of change at a cosmic or a societal level. What. We keep forgetting about Antlia, Centaurus, But mostly were forgetting were dead stars too, my mouth is full, of dust and I wish to reclaim the rising, to lean in the spotlight of streetlight with you, toward. And it wasnt until really, when I was writing that poem that the word came to me. Yeah. Youre going to be like, huh. Or youll just be like, That makes total sense to me., The thesis. So you grew up in Sonoma, California, but my sense is that its not the land of Zinfandel and Pinot Noir that immediately comes to mind now when someone says Sonoma. We believe healthy spiritual inquiry propels us outside the boundaries of the self, into the world. Its the , Limn: We literally. And were at a new place, but we have to carry and process that. And I think about that all the time. You said there in a place, as Ive aged, I have more time for tenderness, for the poems that are so earnest they melt your spine a little. Definitely. Two entirely different brains. Sometimes it sounds, sometimes its image, sometimes its a note from a friend with the word lover. a breaking open, a breaking The next-generation marine biologist Ayana Elizabeth Johnson would let that reality of belonging show us the way forward. And theyre like, Oh, I didnt know that was a thing.. My grandmother is 98. [Music: Molerider by Blue Dot Sessions]. Musings and tools to take into your week. Limn: Yeah. And its page six of. by the crane. This is like a self-care poem. Winters icy hand at the back of all of us. squeal with the idea of blissful release, oh lover, We orient away from the closure of fear and towards the opening of curiosity. Its repeating words. But at a deeper level, she says, we are trapped in a pattern of distress known as high conflict where the conflict itself has become the point, and it sweeps everything into its vortex. We understand questions as technologies and virtues as social arts. Black bark, slick yellow leaves, a kind of stillness that feels, We point out the stars that make Orion as we take out. I have people who ask me, How do you write poems? And you talk about process. The thesis is still the wind. The thesis is still a river. The thesis has never been exile., Yeah. the collar, constriction of living. Im like, Yes. I was like, Oh. Then I came downstairs and I was like, Lucas, Im never going to get to be Poet Laureate.. I write the year, seems like a year you the collar, constriction of living. And the next one is Dead Stars. Which follows a little bit in terms of how do we live in this time of catastrophe that also calls us to rise and to learn and to evolve. Her volume The Carrying won the National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry, and her book Bright Dead Things was a finalist for the National Book Award. We value the ancient power of storytelling, and we get that good stories require conflict, characters and scene. A few years ago, Krista hosted an event in Detroit a city in flux on the theme of raising children. 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. 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. [Laughter] I feel like I could hear that response, right? chaotic track. Yeah. We surface this as a companion for the frontiers we are all on just by virtue of being alive in this time. I wonder if Im here again today or in a new place. And that was really essential to my practice of who I was as a creative person in the middle of such an enormous tragedy. that sounds like someones rough fingers weaving And I feel like poetry makes the world for that experience, as opposed to: Im fine., Tippett: [laughs] Yeah. I was actually born at home. Thank you all for coming. We can forget this. It just offers more questions. A season of big, new, beautiful On Being conversations is here. Why dont you read The Quiet Machine? 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. Winters icy hand at the back of all of us. And then thats also the space for us to sort of walk in as a reader being like, Whats happening here? some new constellations. Its so interesting because I feel like one of the things as you age, as an artist, as a human being, you start to rethink the stories that people have told you and start to wonder what was useful and what was not useful. I have, before, been, tricked into believing Wisdom Practices and Digital Retreats (Coming in 2023). And I remember sitting on my sofa where I spent an inordinate amount of time, and reading it. Dont get me wrong, I do The On Being Project is located on Dakota land. I will trust the world and I will feel at peace. And this time, what came to me as I stood and looked at the trees was that Oh, it isnt just me looking. [laughs]. All year, Ive said, You know whats funny? What, she asks, if we get this right? And then a trauma of the pandemic was that our breathing became a danger to strangers and beloveds. And were at a new place, but we have to carry and process that. And to not have that bifurcated for a moment. Is where that poem came from. And that feels like its an active thing as opposed to a finished thing, a closed thing. Because how do we care for one another? And its always an interesting question because I feel like my process changes and I change. Now, somethings, breaking always on the skyline, falling over Join our weekly ritual of a newsletter, The Pause, delivered to your inbox every Saturday morning. Krista Tippett, Becoming Wise: An Inquiry into the Mystery and Art of Living. 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. Shes teaching me a lesson. 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. You boiled it down. And one of them this is also on. 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 also Im so happy to be together with you in the old-fashioned flesh, which we no longer take for granted. The Pause is our Saturday morning ritual of a newsletter. We prioritize busyness. Limn: Not the Saddest Thing in the World, All day I feel some itchiness around The On Being Project is located on Dakota land. Before I bury him, I snap a photo and beg The great eye. I would say about 50 percent, maybe 60 percent of it was written during the pandemic. Krista Tippett. Written and read by Just uncertainty is so hard on our bodies. These, it turns out, are as common in human life globally as they are measurably health-giving and immunity-boosting. Tippett: 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. That you can be joyful and you can actually be really having a wonderful time. And I knew immediately that it was a love poem and a loss poem. Shes teaching me a lesson. Like, Oh, take a deep breath. Then we get annoyed when it works, too. Yeah. [laughs] I get four parents that come to the school nights. And I felt like I was not brave enough to own that for myself. Because I was teaching on Zoom, and I was just a face, and I found myself being very comfortable with just being a face, and with just being a head. When you open the page, theres already silence. Theres a lot of different People. out. People will ask me a lot about my process and it is, like I said, silence. Join our constellation of listening and living. A student of change and of how groups change together. , 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. So Im hoping. and desperate, enough of the brutal and the border, enough of the animal saving me, enough of the high And to feel that moment of everyone recognizing what it is to kind of look out for one another and have to do that in the antithesis of who we are, which was to separate. of the mother and the child and the father and the child We want to rise to what is beautiful and life-giving. I have decided that Im here in this world to be moved by love and [to] let myself be moved by beauty. Which is such a wonderful mission statement. Peabody Award-winning host Krista Tippett presents a live, in-person recording of the wildly popular On Being podcast, featuring guest speaker Isabel Wilkerson. 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