“One of the foremost outsider artists in modern folk.” – The New Yorker The first time I ever heard the music of Dan Reeder was when someone sent me a link to the video of ‘The Work Song’ (NSFW). Once I heard it, I had to find out who this guy was. I found out that his story is even more interesting than that song. I’ve been trying to set up this conversation with Dan for years, it took the kindness of his record label Oh Boy Records to put us in touch. Dan Reeder has a mind I enjoy …
Author: Swanson
Awake in Mindful Silence | Phileena Heuertz
“Phileena writes here with such simple clarity—and easy readability—because she knows she does not need to prove, convict, or defend anything. Mindful Silence contains not just her wisdom but the spiritual wisdom of the ages that is again standing the test of time and showing itself in the fruits of incarnational holiness. It is the great tradition of action and contemplation again showing itself.” -Richard Rohr, OFM Eleven years ago I was a work intern at the Center for Action and Contemplation. A season of life that would unknowingly tether me to the contemplative journey. As a work intern, I …
Daring A Journey of Texture | Theodore Richards
“This is travel writing at its most luminous. Theodore Richards combines the storytelling gifts of a bard with the limpid seeing of a contemplative. His social commentary is penetrating without being violent and his advice to his three beloved children is exquisitely unsentimental.“ – Mirabai Starr, Author of God of Love and Caravan of No Despair To begin, I want to share the somes lines of Theodore Richards latest work’s A Letter to My Daughters: Remembering the Lost Dimension and the Texture of Life. ‘Before you were born, I went on a journey that would take me around the world completely, …
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