When has someone’s generosity rekindled something in you that you thought was lost?
In this episode, Bernard and Kirsten begin a two-part conversation about Babette’s Feast, the 1987 film based on the story by Isak Dinesen, also known as Karen Blixen.
Entering the film through the heart, they reflect on how a gift given fully can rekindle what has been forgotten. At the center of the conversation is Babette’s unforgettable line: “An artist is never poor.”
This is part one of two.
In this episode:
00:00 — Introduction to Babette’s Feast and its themes
02:16 — Our resistance to the movie and why we kept watching
04:43 — What changes over time, what stays the same
09:27 — The secret ingredient Babette introduces
12:15 — “An Artist Is Never Poor”
14:09 — A gift given all the way rekindles hearts
18:48 — Why am I giving? Why am I creating? Is it just going into a void? 20:39 — The exquisite subtlety that cannot be fully named
23:29 — It’s bittersweet. How do we bear it?
25:10 — When we touch Now, we are in eternity
Watch the video on YouTube
References:
Watch Babette’s Feast on Prime Video
Read the short story by Isak Dinesen on Kindle You may also be able to check it out from your local library.
Babette’s Feast official trailer
Cooking and eating scenes
The General’s Toast: “Mercy and truth have met together”
Little Connections Short: Bernard on roads taken and not taken
"I have been with you every day of my life. Tell me you know that" Clip — Birgitte Federspiel and Jarl Kulle
Babette’s Feast final scene / The Wild Voice
Rainer Maria Rilke, “Go to the Limits of Your Longing”
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