Wendell Berry and Ellen Davis — The Art of Being Creatures
On Being with Krista Tippett
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The Lost Art of Being Creatures, With the Poetry of Wendell Barry
wendell barry reads from his poetry collection, sabbaths. The poem is about the lost art of being a creature and how we can find our way back to it. i remember here a tale of evil twined with good, serpent and vine and innocence, as evil's stratagem. And i let go my hopes and plans that no toil can perfect. There is no vision here, but what is seen. White bloom. Nothing explain, but a mute blessedness exceeding all distress....
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