Thank you, Brain Pickings.   https://archive.org/download/2018072207.40.44/2018-07-22%2007.40.44.ogg

Thank you, Brain Pickings.   https://archive.org/download/2018072118.12.45/2018-07-21%2018.12.45.ogg

Thank you, On Being.   https://archive.org/download/2018072117.48.32/2018-07-21%2017.48.32.ogg

You can read the story yourself here.   https://archive.org/download/SoundRecord20180717135541/SoundRecord-2018-07-17-13-55-41.wav

“Make your interests gradually wider and more impersonal, until bit by bit the walls of the ego recede, and your life becomes increasingly merged in the universal life.”

“Spontaneous activity is the one way in which man can overcome the terror of aloneness… for in the spontaneous realization of the self man unites himself anew with the world — with man, nature, and himself.”

Where the hard edge of physics meets the vulnerable metaphysics of the human heart.

This is a great summary of what it means to find yourself and what role poetry plays inside this find. You can read the article on Brain Pickings. http://shoutengine.com/ShortStories/ShortStories-0024-the-trouble-with-finding-yourself-by-maria-pop-37486.mp3

An exploration of the role of an artist perceived by James Baldwin. Read the story here. http://shoutengine.com/ShortStories/ShortStories-0023-the-doom-and-glory-of-knowing-who-you-are-by-mar-36942.mp3

If we want to hear our voice, we must raise or lower it. You can read the story online. http://shoutengine.com/ShortStories/ShortStories-0022-the-poetics-of-protest-and-prayer-by-maria-popov-36595.mp3