Author: mktdaf
Poetry of music: Across the Universe
Across the Universe, by the Beatles (John Lennon) Words are flowing out like endless rain into a paper cup They slither wildly as they slip away across the universe Pools of sorrow, waves of joy are drifting through my opened mind Possessing and caressing me Jai Guru Deva OM Nothing’s gonna change my world Nothing’s…
ENC: How does it profit a man….
In the Emperor’s New Clothes part of this blog, we offer discourses and stories about the connections that matter, but are often left out (or distorted) in the storytelling of the day. Our purpose: To get you to think, and get you to feel. It’s hard to change your ways when a) you make a…
Poetry of music: My Sweet Lord, with George
You’ve heard it, so many times…when George first came up with what became his most famous song as a solo performer (rivalling “Something,” with the Beatles), he was reluctant to record such an overt religious message-song: “I was sticking my neck out on the chopping block because now I would have to live up to…
Poetry of music: Circle ’round…both sides, now
Back to when it all started…here’s Joni on the CBC in ’68 with Both Sides Now & The Circle Game in the days when her star was rising, and people began to see & feel the way she gave voice to a generation. When she write it in 1967, she noted where it began: I was…
The music of poetry: from “The Uses of the Body,” with Deborah Landau
There’s a lot to like in this wonderful verse from Deborah Landau’s The Uses of the Body. I think the line that got me, on my first read – was “See how caught up we are/in our habitual flying pattern,” which reminded me of Pema Chödrön’s note: “No one ever tells us to stop running away…
ENC: The new world order….
In this part of the blog (the Emperor’s New Clothes), we offer a moment of telling the stories of people who resist the mainstream view of things. This past week, the people who started and pushed the Invasion of Iraq in 2003 are universally saying….it was a mistake. Here’s the story about that, from the…
Thoughts: Brené Brown on Why Your Critics Aren’t The Ones Who Count
You already know that we here at the monkastary really admire Brene Brown, and we really like her talks, so we thought we’d share this with you today (this is one of her newer ones….)…from the intro: There is nothing more frightening than the moment we expose our ideas to the world. Author and vulnerability…