Becoming a World Shaper and a Light Bringer by Living YOUR Natural Poetry
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- čas přidán 14. 05. 2024
- A brief, passionate rant about the enlivening influence of poetry, very broadly defined with the help of John Stuart Mill and 19th century poet, Arthur O'Shaughnessy, and an invitation to throw off world weariness and cynicism and embrace and live YOUR poetry, your way.
If you're moved and inclined, please share a comment - perhaps, "I'm IN," or "I'm a Dreamer of Dreams" or "I'm a Music Maker" or "I'm a Poet" or anything else that feels true and joyful for you.
SOURCE OF TODAY'S POEMS and PASSAGES
Arthur O'Shaughnessy, "Ode" ("We are the Music Makers:"
Read this at: www.poetryfoundation.org/poem...
I read it from "Poem a Day" edited by Karen McCosker and Nicholas Albery (a great collection!)
Passage from John Stuart Mill's essay, "What is Poetry?" read from "Victorian Prose and Poetry" (Oxford Anthology of English Literature), edited by Lionel Trilling and Harold Bloom.
And don't forget Emily Dickinson, "The Poets Light but Lamps"
Read this at: www.poetryfoundation.org/poem...
WHAT IS THIS CHANNEL ABOUT?
It's about the power of poetry and creativity, the joy and fascination of Irish folklore and tradition, the philosophy of FAILTE (welcome) which is at the heart of Irish culture, stories, songs, art, savoring, and kindness. It's about everything I find beautiful, enlivening, worth thinking about and can't help myself from sharing with you.
WHO AM I?
I'm a poet, singer, storyteller, and scholar and teacher of Irish language and folklore with a PhD in Celtic Languages and Literatures from Harvard University where I've been teaching for the past 25 years. I also run the Bardic Academy, a school for singers, harpers, poets, and pianists, as well as the Celtic Wisdom School where we study Irish folklore with an eye to growing in creativity, wisdom, and joy.
MY LINKS
To learn more about me, please visit www.katechadbourne.com.
To learn about my new Celtic Wisdom School, please visit: www.katechadbourne.com/celtic...
If you'd like to stay in touch and receive my charming, once-monthly letters, I'd love to have you in my community: eepurl.com/cb8BLn
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I'm In! I'm on your Team Kate! I believe in the goodness that resides within everyone, the power of HOPE! 🎉❤🎉
You are a Team Leader. my friend, and have always been out front, holding up the banner of HOPE and CREATIVITY and BEAUTY. Thank you for your declaration and your spirit!
Team Kate all the way!! “Enlivening impulses that refuse to be banal,” so perfect! And so needed. And so appreciated! Thank you for posting, even when you didn’t feel well. 🥰🎉
Cathy, this is so YOU - a dreamer, a doer, a maker of beauty, and a bringer of light. And smiles to me every time we're in touch. Thank you!
Waking me up !
Ooooo, that’s wonderful. Bravo!
Good to hear your encouraging words again Kate, poetry and music does matter, and the beauty that lies in it can wake us, can help is rise above the mundane and exclaim life is a living story with new adventures and a lesson at every turn, keep on rocking!
Love that - “life is a living story.” So good and true. Yes to waking up! Thank you for this richness!
Kate is a treasure!
Hello, friends! A wonderful artist just let me know that she was blocked from making a comment here, so I wanted to try it myself. Please do feel most welcome to jump in and say hello and, if you wish, make your own passionate declaration!
You are a genuine Starseed, a magnificent spark of creativity and light. Shine on, bright one.
Thank you, and - everything is self-portrait. You’re looking in the mirror! ❤️
This is so true! 🔥😍
Thank you! You live this, dear girl!
❤️😊❤️ So do you, Kate!
Count me in! I shall not be banal.
Mike a chara, you are the OPPOSITE of banal! 😀
This was amazing Kate! Such a great reminder. Movers and shakers! Yep, sounds about right 😁
YOU are a magnificent mover and shaker, Poet. So glad you’re here!
Thank you for the inspiration, Kate. Sometimes I forget. So glad you are part of this world to remind me.
Tom. my friend, you LIVE this. I'm so glad and grateful to see you here. You are certainly a member of "Team Dreamer and Music-Maker"!
Woooffff! It’s a gorgeous reminder!
WOOF!!!!!!!!! :)
Absolutely beautiful Kate!
Thank you so much, Deb!!! 😊
So glad you're sharing your heart here Kate -- are you familiar with Rupert Sheldrake and his notion of 'morphogenetic fields'? I think that's something of what you're describing here, inviting a connection of energies that have unforeseeable power beyond their individual 'boundaries' (and that, I suppose, is what the poem itself is) -- I'm with you ❤
Wow - this sounds like something I need to learn more about, AND it sounds like what I'm trying to get at here. I'm going to investigate Sheldrake, and thank you for that. And thank you even more for understanding and for all that you do to carry the light, beauty, hope, and goodness. It means everything to be on the team together!
Like this video, well done! You deserve my like and subscription! Keep up the excellent work!
Well, you have absolutely made my day. Thank you, and so glad to have you with us!
Well, you have absolutely made my day. Thank you, and so glad to have you with us!