Witness: The Ecological Poetry of W.S. Merwin (1997)
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- čas přidán 13. 09. 2024
- A documentary film made in 1997 by Larry Cameron and John Carpenter about the emergence of W.S. Merwin's environmental consciousness. From his home in Hawaii, Merwin speaks of his life and poetry and reads from his work.
For more information about the life and work of W.S. Merwin, visit www.merwinconservancy.org
The refinement and grace of Merwin's presence, consciousness, language, and sensibility are so uplifting. How I miss him and the few people like him!
I edited this and only had a copy on VHS. So glad to see it again; thanks for posting this!
Thank you for your work on this! A beautiful treasure.
Cameron and Carpenter blend beautiful sights and sounds with William's poetry and incredible insights;" One of the things that Thoreau is saying, at least this is what he is saying to me, is that in wildness, in our acceptance and our embrace, and joy in what we do not control, and will never control, is our salvation. As long as we feel we can control things, as long as we really have that terrible delusion, we’re going to feel that our relationship to the rest of life is that of conquest and acquisition. And this is not only killing the rest of life, it is killing us. Not as a consequence but as the same act." ~W.S. Merwin
love his poems so much
Missing you dearly, Paula and W. S. Merwin!
I learn of Mr Merwin late in life..... my love of the earth and Trees caused a connection with his literary works. He was was truly a inspirational poet.......
Absolutely wonderful I totally agree with your ethos….
Sad there are so few authentic beautiful souls on this earth compared to the haters and the indifferent :(
RIP, WS Merwin.
how did you do it can you share with me , thank you
I enjoyed this! I will probably listen again! But at the end of the video, I need to comment on the question - what is hope? As Christians (or like me - Wannabee Christians), we know that there is hope of a spiritual life in eternity!
Poor audio! unfortunately
I'm a Poet and he Refused to Blurb my Book, despite being the first to sweep all 3 poetry Awards @ my University. Not a generous man.
Mediocre hatefulness #3.
He doesn’t owe you anything, including his generosity. I seriously doubt he has the time to read every single wannabe poet’s book and write a blurb for it. Your university awards are trivial. I’d bet anything the competition was not among a large number of people, were all students, and not very good. Stop flattering yourself at his expense and get over it, and yourself.
Greed.