Heartwork with Dale Biron–Poems For Heart and Soul

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Feel the fear and do it anyway. Easier said than done. Courage is to know your heart and to follow it. Two micro-poems to help.

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It is not controversial that we need deep ecological restoration. What’s not nearly as clear is our need for deep re-story-ation as well. Restore and Re-Story. A delicious idea from the writer, teacher, and restorative ecologist, Robin Wall Kimmerer. This is how we lead the politicians into a new era of caring about what matters.This video is about My Movie

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Consider reading or hearing this poem to help prepare you for this voting season. It is Wendell Berry at his most fierce, insightful and inspiring.

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MUSIC/MAGIC/MEANING: Music– Something catches your ear. Magic– Some image captures you, destabilizes your assumptions. Meaning– Something bothers you, messes with you in a delightful way.

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If the writer is not surprised the reader will not be either. Delight in the art of surprise from master poet David Wagoner. Learn to do it yourself.

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And when I say “stars,” of course I mean brilliant poems. It’s been almost eight years since Mary Oliver passed away. What an incredible and talented human being she was! She believed in the transformative power of both nature and creativity. In all my years of working with poetry, few poets are more beloved than Mary Oliver.

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What if the heart isn’t merely a logical, linear abstraction? What if poems allow us to enter a realm of felt, intuitive, and embodied heartspace?

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We are not done with Wendell Berry’s beautifully stunning poetry. And we are certainly not done with the work that it describes and points us towards. This is all our work.

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Wendell Berry was a brilliant writer, poet, farmer, teacher. He was also a kind man who was fierce and courageous about what he loved. He loved family, community, farming and the whole web of life. Berry was not a saint, but better than a saint. He was a living breathing human who never placed himself above others. He walked shoulder to shoulder with all of us who love beautiful, artful words and Mother Earth.

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We’re adept at identifying and distinguishing between good and bad people. This distinction is crucial for maintaining healthy boundaries between ourselves and others. However, psychologically, these boundaries aren’t always as clear-cut as they seem. The person who intimidates others may also be intimidated by them. The individual who bullies often experiences the most humiliation. And yes, the person who is overly controlling may feel helpless. Of course, understanding someone’s behavior doesn’t mean condoning it, but it does provide a more powerful and less reactive stance to take.