Barnes Lecture 2019 - Jon Kabat-Zinn
https://youtu.be/kShpURJOpeEYour Thoughts are Bubbles - Jon Kabat-Zinn
https://youtu.be/w8Nsa45d0XE
Jon Kabat Zinn, the Mindfulness Guru of Harvard Med School likes Mary Oliver and quotes her often:
“Invitation” by Mary Oliver
Oh do you have time
to linger
for just a little while
out of your busy
to linger
for just a little while
out of your busy
and very important day
for the goldfinches
that have gathered
in a field of thistles
for the goldfinches
that have gathered
in a field of thistles
for a musical battle,
to see who can sing
the highest note,
or the lowest,
to see who can sing
the highest note,
or the lowest,
or the most expressive of mirth,
or the most tender?
Their strong, blunt beaks
drink the air
or the most tender?
Their strong, blunt beaks
drink the air
as they strive
melodiously
not for your sake
and not for mine
melodiously
not for your sake
and not for mine
and not for the sake of winning
but for sheer delight and gratitude –
believe us, they say,
it is a serious thing
but for sheer delight and gratitude –
believe us, they say,
it is a serious thing
just to be alive
on this fresh morning
in the broken world.
I beg of you,
on this fresh morning
in the broken world.
I beg of you,
do not walk by
without pausing
to attend to this
rather ridiculous performance.
without pausing
to attend to this
rather ridiculous performance.
It could mean something.
It could mean everything.
It could be what Rilke meant, when he wrote:
You must change your life.
It could mean everything.
It could be what Rilke meant, when he wrote:
You must change your life.
Mary Oliver, “Invitation,” A Thousand Mornings (New York: Penguin Books, 2013).
I like the interviewer, Paul Holdengräber who has a similar accent to Werner Herzog.
“curator of public curiosity,” Holdengräber has interviewed hundreds of authors, poets, journalists, musicians, artists, and celebrities in his role at the Library, always working to “make the Lions roar” and engage thinkers from all walks of life in spirited conversations, discussions, debates, and performances. His goal, and the goal and mission of the program he founded, was to provide “cognitive theater.”
Renowned Interviewer and “Curator of Public Curiosity” Paul Holdengräber To Leave The New York Public Library After 14 Years
Holdengräber, who founded the Library’s premier cultural program LIVE from the NYPL, will pursue new opportunities on the West Coast
Media Contact: Angela Montefinise | angelamontefinise@nypl.org
A selection of photos of Holdengräber is available here (all photos courtesy of NYPL unless otherwise noted in the caption)
Paul Holdengraber
Founding Executive Director, Onassis L.A. ("OLA") | Former Director
| Interviewer, Instigator, Curator of Public Curiosity | Also
Los Angeles, CAJoined April 2009
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“It could mean something.
It could mean everything.
It could be what Rilke
meant, when he wrote:
You must change your
life.”
~ Mary Oliver
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