Download Consolations : The Solace, Nourishment and Underlying Meaning of Everyday Words PDF
2019
Title | Consolations : The Solace, Nourishment and Underlying Meaning of Everyday Words |
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Authors | David Whyte |
Genres | Popular Philosophy Philosophy Books |
Publisher | Canongate Books |
ISBN | 9781786897633 |
In Consolations David Whyte unpacks aspects of being human that many of us spend our lives trying vainly to avoid - loss, heartbreak, vulnerability, fear - boldly reinterpreting them, fully embracing their complexity, never shying away from paradox in his relentless search for truth. Beginning with 'Alone' and closing with 'Work', each chapter in this life-affirming book is a meditation on meaning and context, an invitation to shift and broaden our perspectives on life: pain and joy, honesty and anger, confession and vulnerability, the experience of feeling overwhelmed and the desire to run away from it all. Through this lens, procrastination may be a necessary ripening; hiding an act of freedom; and shyness something that accompanies the first stage of revelation. Consolations invites readers into a poetic and thoughtful consideration of words whose meaning and interpretation influence the paths we choose and the way we traverse them throughout our lives.
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