Allowing sound to reveal life’s wonder, by Stephen Kuusisto
Meditative Story
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4.6 • 3.2K Ratings
🗓️ 5 November 2019
⏱️ 20 minutes
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Summary
Author and poet Stephen Kuusisto, who is blind, hears life expressed in sound, the weird and wonderful chance music of everyday life. And he's able to find meaning, big and small, in it all.
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| 0:00.0 | When I was just shy of four, my parents and I boarded an ocean liner bound for Sweden |
| 0:18.2 | from New York. |
| 0:21.0 | A board ship I instantly disappeared. |
| 0:25.8 | I was in love with engines. |
| 0:29.8 | We were sailing to Finland, my father's homeland, and I was restless and in love with every |
| 0:36.3 | new noise. |
| 0:38.8 | My parents didn't understand I was led on by chance music. |
| 0:44.2 | There's nothing lovelier. |
| 0:49.3 | Sounds unexpected or magic in a board ship you're inside a musical composition, which |
| 0:54.8 | has no beginning or end. |
| 1:02.8 | Take a moment to close your eyes. |
| 1:06.2 | In this brief breath of time consider sensations that do not rely on sight. |
| 1:11.5 | A Rome is escaping a neighbour's kitchen. |
| 1:14.4 | The crisp taste of winter air. |
| 1:17.2 | The sound of pebbles beneath your feet or the unexpected symphony of sounds on a city |
| 1:22.6 | street. |
| 1:24.7 | Today on meditative story, poet Stephen Kussisto, who has been blind since birth, invites |
| 1:31.2 | us to engage with the world around us by experiencing the sublime joys of an immersion in sound. |
| 1:38.7 | In this series we blend immersive first person stories with mindfulness prompts to help you |
| 1:43.9 | recharge at any moment of the day. |
| 1:48.2 | I'm Rohan and I'll be your guide for meditative story. |
| 2:13.8 | Take a breath. |
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