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Hermetic Week Colloquium [1 of 2]

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Title	Hermetic Week Colloquium [1 of 2]
Performer(s)	Bye, Reed; Dorsky, Nathaniel; Ginsberg, Allen; Schelling, Andrew; Waldman, Anne
Subject 1	Hermetism
Subject 2	Poetry -- 20th century.
Subject 3	Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics.
Abstract	Summer Writing Program instructors give their closing thoughts on their workshops and answer questions.
Content	0:00:01 Cuts in to unknown person introducing the speakers 0:00:30 Nathaniel (Nick) Dorsky gives closing thoughts on the screening of his film “Heart of London” that occurred earlier in the week 0:04:15 Unknown speaker Mary gives closing thoughts on her workshop 0:06:00 Unknown speaker Jack gives closing thoughts on his workshop centered around contemplation; reads the poem “Why I Am Not a Painter” by Frank O’Hara 0:09:35 Unknown female speaker gives closing thoughts on her Chinese Poetics workshop 0:11:20 Unknown female speaker gives closing thoughts on her workshop; reads a quotation from William Whewell of Trinity College Cambridge; reads from Percy Shelley’s “Hellas” 0:15:53 Reed Bye gives closing statements on his workshops and reads a few selected passages 0:22:12 Unknown male speaker speaks on meditation 0:26:30 Andrew Schelling gives closing thoughts on his Sanskrit Poetics workshops 0:30:28 Unknown speaker Rick gives his closing thoughts on the week centered around contemplation and meditation 0:39:10 Unknown male speaker gives closing thoughts on the week 0:46:00 Audio cuts out and then back in to Allen Ginsberg finishing his closing thoughts 0:47:46 Unknown female speaker gives her closing thoughts the week centered around mindfulness, reading several quotations; 0:54:50 Opens the floor up for questions 0:55:05 Question is asked about the interaction of Eastern and Western religion 0:55:45 Comment is made about India being considered Eastern 1:00:54 Comment is made about the distinction of Northern and Southern hemispheres regarding culture 1:01:36 Question is asked about meditation’s place in poetry; discussion leads to a consideration of rhythm and form being natural occurrences, not conscious devices 1:07:57 Comment is made relating the previous comment to a movie 1:09:00 Question is asked several concepts that came up during the week, centered around Anna Akhmatova’s poem “Requiem” 1:14:45 Question is asked about the nature of goodness 1:15:38 Comment is made about contemplation and politics; following comments relate this to political activism and current events in China 1:19:29 Question is asked about the founding of the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics; Anne Waldman answers; Ginsberg says Trungpa told him he needed to teach 1:28:22 Question is asked about heroism as a theme for the week 1:30:03 Comment is made about the situation resulting from an oil spill in Alaska 1:31:00 Ginsberg makes a comment; audio cuts out at 1:32:00
Type of Event	colloquium
Date Recorded	1989-07-08
File Format	mp3
Performance Length	1:32:00
Rights Information	Copyright release given to Naropa University for the purposes of preservation, marketing and educational use. All other rights reserved to individual performers.
Department	Writing
Original Format	Audio cassette
Tape Order	1 of 2
Publisher	Allen Ginsberg Library and Naropa University Archives
Type	Sound
Language	eng
File Name	89P035.mp3

Hermetic Week Colloquium [1 of 2]

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