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With the imagery of a poet and the reflection of a philosopher, David Whyte turns his attention to 52 ordinary words, each its own particular doorway into the underlying currents of human life.Beginning with Alone and closing with Work, each chapter is a meditation on meaning and context, an invitation to shift and broaden our perspectives on the inevitable vicissitudes of life: pain and joy, honesty and anger, confession and vulnerability, the experience of feeling besieged and the desire to run away from it all. Through this lens, procrastination may be a necessary ripening; hiding an act of freedom; and shyness the appropriate confusion and helplessness that accompanies the first stage of revelation.Consolations invites readers into a poetic and thoughtful consideration of words whose meaning and interpretation influence the paths we choose and the way we traverse them throughout our lives.
About the Author
Internationally acclaimed poet David Whyte makes his home in the Pacific Northwest, where rain and changeable skies remind him the other, more distant homes from which he comes: Yorkshire, Wales and Ireland. He travels and lectures throughout the world, bringing his own and others' poetry to large audiences.He holds a degree in Marine Zoology, honorary degrees from Neumann University in Pennsylvania and Royal Roads University in Victoria, British Columbia, and is an Associate Fellow of the Said Business School at the University of Oxford. He is the author of eight volumes of poetry and four books of prose, as well as a collection of audio recordings. POETRYThe Sea in You (2015) Pilgrim (2012) River Flow: New & Selected Poems (2006) Everything is Waiting for You (2003) The House of Belonging (1996) Fire in the Earth (1992) PROSEConsolations: The Solace, Nourishment & Underlying Meaning of Everyday Words (2014) The Three Marriages: Reimagining Work, Self & RelationshipCrossing the Unknown Sea: Work as a Pilgrimage of IdentityThe Heart Aroused: Poetry and the Preservation of the Soul in Corporate AmericaAUDIO LECTURESHidden Harvests: The Inner Seasons of Everyday LifeSolace: The Art of Asking the Beautiful QuestionA Great Invitation: The Path of Risk and RevelationPilgrim Audio CompanionWhen the Heart BreaksSweet DarknessA Change for the Better: Poetry and the Reimagination of MidlifeMidlife & the Great UnknownThe Echo in the WellMaking a Friend of the UnknownThe Poetry of Self CompassionThe Teacher's Vocation: Nurturing the Imagination of OthersThresholds: Navigating the Difficult Transitions of LifePOETRY & MUSIC ALBUMSSometimesReturn
