Mark Nepo: Becoming the Poem

Sounds True: Insights at the Edge

Tami Simon

Religion, Religion & Spirituality

4.6 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 19 February 2013

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Tami Simon speaks with Mark Nepo, a New York Times #1 bestselling author and a cancer survivor who has taught in the fields of poetry and spirituality for over 35 years. Mark has created several audio programs with Sounds True, plus a new interactive video learning course called A Pilgrimage of the Heart: Discovering Your Authentic Voice and Inner Courage, which launches March 19th. Mark will present at Sounds True’s Wake Up Festival this August, including a pre-festival workshop on writing and spiritual growth. In this interview, Mark speaks about how to relate helpfully to our pain, sincerity as a specific type of intelligence, the role of pilgrimage, and the spiritual path of the artist. (64 minutes)

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0:50.3	Many Voices One Journey.
1:05.0	You're listening to Insights at the Edge. Today my guest is Mark Nepo. Mark is a poet and philosopher who has taught in the field of poetry and
1:10.0	spirituality for over 35 years. He is a New York Times number one best-selling
1:15.5	author and a cancer survivor. Mark devotes his writing and teaching to the
1:21.2	journey of inner transformation and the life of relationship.
1:25.0	With sounds true, Mark has created several audio programs,
1:29.0	including an 8 CD series called Staying Awake, The Ordinary Art, and an audio program called
1:36.9	Holding Nothing Back, essentials for an authentic life.
1:41.8	Mark has also created a new nine-month interactive video
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