Lessons from Beethoven’s Late Quartets

Lessons from Beethoven’s Late Quartets

    Lessons from Beethoven’s Late String Quartets Andante from quartet 131 The composer Ludwig Van Beethoven wrote 17 string quartets during his life. Six of them in a span of two years, 1825-26, just before his death in March 1827. These quartets were...
Please Call Me by My True Names | by Thich Nhat Hanh

Please Call Me by My True Names | by Thich Nhat Hanh

Please Call Me by My True Names Don’t say that I will depart tomorroweven today I am still arriving. Look deeply: every second I am arrivingto be a bud on a Spring branch,to be a tiny bird, with still-fragile wings,learning to sing in my new nest,to be a caterpillar...
An Old Musician | by Hafiz

An Old Musician | by Hafiz

An Old Musician HowShouldThose who know of GodMeet andPart? The wayAn old musicianGreets his belovedInstrument And will take special care,As a great artist always does, To enhance the final noteOf each Performance. “The Gift” – versions of Hafiz by...
For a New Beginning | by John O’Donohue

For a New Beginning | by John O’Donohue

For a New Beginning In out-of-the-way places of the heart,Where your thoughts never think to wander,This beginning has been quietly forming,Waiting until you were ready to emerge. For a long time it has watched your desire,Feeling the emptiness growing inside...
For My Young Friends Who Are Afraid | by William Stafford

For My Young Friends Who Are Afraid | by William Stafford

For My Young Friends Who Are Afraid There is a country to cross you willfind in the corner of your eye, inthe quick slip of your foot–air fardown, a snap that might have caught.And maybe for you, for me, a high, passingvoice that finds its way by beingafraid....