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April 2020 -Which Part of Close is Open?

17/4/2020

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Emma Blas and I are in week five of a very tight lockdown in Spain, but our situations are extremely different. Emma is stuck in a small flat, I am walking free on a big mountain. In this episode, we compare our different realities and perspectives through Emma’s poem Still, discussing the doors that open through limitation, the grief cycle, the place nature occupies in our psyches, and what exactly can be a balm to our souls in these strangest of times.
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Related links:
The episode of Brene Brown's podcast on grief and meaning that Emma mentions:
https://brenebrown.com/podcast/david-kessler-and-brene-on-grief-and-finding-meaning/
More about Emma Blas (and download her free chapbook)
Atulya K Bingham's Earth Whispering Project
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9 Comments
Laree
20/4/2020 06:57:01 pm

Beautiful podcast and poem. Thank you!

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Atulya
21/4/2020 02:12:12 pm

Ah thank you Laree!

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Daniela
21/4/2020 01:58:32 pm

Thank you, both of you, for doing this. It makes me peaceful and reminds me where I belong. Strangely enough, in your first podcast before this corona lockdown, you mentioned how people are worried about climate change and destruction it brings to nature and you both agreed that nature will adapt and survive no matter what, it is us, people and our existence, we need to worry about...and it is happening, sadly with many victims.

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Atulya
21/4/2020 02:14:09 pm

Ah thanks for this feedback Daniela. Yes, I always had a feeling the planet would sort it way before we did. We were too addicted to madness to change.

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Joan Whittemore
21/4/2020 10:28:48 pm

Truly lovely. Just what I needed. Thank you.

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Atulya
22/4/2020 01:29:43 pm

Thank you Joan!

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Sue Veiga
1/5/2020 08:23:26 pm

Loved listening to you ladies.
Like Woman's Hour on Radio 4; so intimate and real.
Thank you for the poem and for sharing.

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Emma Blas link
27/5/2020 12:32:10 am

What wonderful feedback, thank you Sue for listening and taking the time to share your thoughts.

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Abueng link
17/8/2020 04:47:25 am

Each reading of the poem revealed more meanings and ideas to me. Thank you for this podcast. I especially enjoyed your points about being the observer but still being a part of the thing being observed.

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