Being an atheist, I suspect this is as close to God I’ll ever come:
Tag: Krista Tippett
the musical rules behind the universe
I must admit that the concept “computational geometry” almost made my brain go into freeze mode. How can anyone say anything understandable about Bach from the perspective of computational geometry & algorithms? Well, to my SURPRISE: Bernard Chazelle can! “Discovering the Cosmology of Bach” is actually a fabulous interview. It is informative, engaging and also…
Falling open to the world
In the beautiful conversation between Ann Hamilton and Krista Tippett, which I wrote about earlier this spring, Hamilton is formulating very nicely some of the yet unfinished thoughts I have been struggling with the last couple of months. As I see it, she is figuring out some of the things I hoped that Alain deBotton…
wild & safe
It’s weekend, maybe you can find some time to listen to this fantastic conversation between Ann Hamilton and Krista Tippett? Hamilton is a well known visual artist, but there is definitively also a poet inside of her. Born in Lima, Ohio, in 1956, Ann Hamilton received a BFA in textile design from the University…
The Inner Landscape of Beauty
you should always carry something beautiful in your mind — Blaise Pascal (1623–1662) John O’Donohue in conversation with Krista Tippett Some of you might already know the words and writings of the late Irish poet and philosopher, John O’Donohue (1956-2008). I must admit: I don’t. All I know is a few passages from Longing and Belonging, which I have been…
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