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Title	Ecstatic Poetics
Performer(s)	Waldman, Anne
Subject 1	Poetry, Ancient.
Subject 2	Poetry, Modern--20th century.
Subject 3	Buddhism.
Abstract	In this lecture, Anne Waldman discusses poetry in terms of ecstasy. Waldman addresses questions as to whether language, ritual, and performance can fully convey reality. In referencing historical aspects of poetry and poets, as well as rituals, Waldman explores the idea of annihilation: through poetry, poets lose the ego self. According to Waldman, there is an aspect of indeterminacy in creating poetry.
Content	00:00 Slate. 00:46 CA Conrad makes an announcement. 01:00 Andrea Rexilius and Anne Waldman make announcements. 02:20 Waldman begins lecture on poetics and poetics of ecstasy. Notion of Tibot, from Thai poetics: striking the gong. Can language fully convey reality? Can ritual convey reality? Can performance convey reality? What if that reality is excessive? Is there language that can capture the ineffable? Idea of choice-less-ness in being inspired to create. The way we use words are only shadows of the original purpose. What are you devoted to? Ecstasy: explains the roots of the word. 11:00 Fauna: Annihilation of the ego self into non-existence. Idea of God creating man in his own image and him being in love with his own image. Strange indeterminacy for acts that we’ve done. 21:58 Clinamen: the lyricism of swerving, sudden change in direction. Like indeterminacy. Swerve away from more conservative forms. 30:00 Reads from “Song of Songs” by Sappho, “Oh it puts the heart in my chest…” and “Nine Shaman Songs.” Reads part of Mirabai’s poem: “Friends, without that dark raptor…” 42:00 References John Donne, Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson, and Gertrude Stein. Reads Stein’s “Lifting Belly.” Disciplining the sinful longing of the flesh in texts. 49:35 Sense of an ‘other’ out there. Trying not to annihilate the self. Sama: spiritual concert. Discusses Peter Wilson’s works. 59:00 Discusses Allen Ginsberg and invoking an ‘other,’ an ecstatic sense. 1:02:58 Language as an exit to ecstasy. Not about annihilating language, about finding language. 1:04:25 Opens Q&A. Justin (?) asks a question about the importance of witness. Waldman comments. 1:08:49 Jeff Williams asks a question about the shaman’s voyage. Waldman comments. 1:11:52 Joseph Navarro asks about happiness. 1:17:50 Waldman discusses the importance of the archive. 1:22:40 Richard Keith asks a question regarding the limitations or distractions of some ceremonial aspects of Buddhism and practice: when is it connecting and when is it distracting? Waldman responds. Waldman says, "Write as if your ancestors are on fire." 1:27:49 Recording ends.
Type of Event	lecture
Date Recorded	2014-06-12
File Format	.mp3
Performance Length	1:27:49
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
Summer Writing Program Number	40
Summer Writing Program Week	2
Original Format	CD (digital file)
Publisher	Allen Ginsberg Library and Naropa University Archives
Type	Sound
Language	eng
File Name	14PD024.mp3

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