David Whyte — The Conversational Nature of Reality

On Being : David Whyte — The Conversational Nature of Reality Image
On Being : David Whyte — The Conversational Nature of Reality Image

David Whyte — The Conversational Nature of Reality

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“Sometimes it takes darkness and the sweet / confinement of your aloneness / to learn / anything or anyone / that does not bring you alive / is too small for you.”

David Whyte is a poet and philosopher who believes in the power of a “beautiful question” amidst the drama of work as well as the drama of life — amidst the ways the two overlap, whether we want them to or not. He shared a deep friendship with the late Irish philosopher John O’Donohue. They were, David Whyte says, like “two bookends.” More recently, he’s written about the consolation, nourishment, and underlying meaning of everyday words.