william wordsworth

Read by Lesley Donne

Production and Sound Design by Kevin Seaman

Production and Sound Design by Kevin Seaman

Fasten your safety belt and jet with us over to New York where we try to get a grip on the elusive eel of postmodernism. Who better to talk to than Gregory Vincent St. Thomasino? He edits the outstanding postmodern magazine eratio and is author of an impressive body of postmodern work, which takes poetry, novels and critical theory into its ambit. A selection is available in The Wet Motorcycle  and other work available here.  Gregory's rigour is unquestionable.  Baffling or spellbinding? You decide.

Next Peter lopes back  into Romanticism escaping into the opening lines of The Prelude by William Wordsworth while Robin examines the much pored over facsimile and transcript of that  familiar Modernist classic He Do The Police In Different Voices by T.S.Eliot.  

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The 19th Century saw many transformations: the origins of ecology and modern climatology, new unifying theories of the living world, the first Big Science projects, revolutions in the Spanish colonies, new information systems for the storage and representation of data… Many of these can be traced back to the influence of one singular explorer, Alexander von Humboldt. Humboldt was one of the last true polymathic individuals in whom the sum of human knowledge could be seated. As the known world grew, he leaned increasingly upon the work and minds of his collaborators — a kind of human bridge between the age of solitary pioneers before him and the age of international, interdisciplinary research he helped usher into being.

Reflecting on his life, we natives of the new millennium, living through another phase transition in the information architecture of society, have much to learn about the challenges of weaving everything together into one holistic understanding. After all, when everything’s connected, our individuality is cast in doubt, truth is often hard to separate from politics and ethics — and maverick explorers find themselves caught in between incumbent power and the burden of responsibility to act on what they learn...

Welcome to COMPLEXITY, the official podcast of the Santa Fe Institute. I’m your host, Michael Garfield, and every other week we’ll bring you with us for far-ranging conversations with our worldwide network of rigorous researchers developing new frameworks to explain the deepest mysteries of the universe.

This week we conclude a special two-part conversation with SFI Miller Scholar Andrea Wulf, author of six books — including the New York Times Bestseller The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt’s New World. In this episode we build on our explorations in Part One and talk about the conflicts between truth and power, politics and science; the surprising unintended consequences of discovery; Humboldt’s influence on   illustrator Ernst Haeckel’s development of the idea that nature is an art form; the role of embodiment in innovation, discovery, and creativity; and the effects of nature and the built environment on human thought.

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En esta conferencia del ciclo en torno a John Keats el poeta, crítico, traductor y profesor de Teoría de la Literatura, Ángel Rupérez, aborda la contextualización del tiempo del poeta romántico, al tiempo que analiza sus circunstancias vitales y creativas.

1. The Bee’s Knees / Hey, Rusty! / A Boy’s Lament for His Dragon - Joanne Garton (Montpelier, VT). Performed with Michael Ayles, Simeon Chapin, Hollis Easter, and Aaron Marcus on Joanne's 2019 album The Bee's Knees. Joanne says, “‘The Bee's Knees’ was written one summer night in gratitude for the friendship of two amazing friends who truly encompass the tune's name. ‘Hey, Rusty!’ comes from a fiddle soulmate in Melbourne, Australia. ‘A Boy's Lament’ was learned from my piping teacher, Ken MacKenzie of Montreal.” www.joannegarton.com/  

2. i thank you, by e.e. cummings. Read by Charis Boke (Springfield, VT).

3. Black Mountain Spring - Julie Vallimont (Brattleboro, VT). Julie wrote this tune while on the plane home from LEAF, a magical music and dance festival in Black Mountain, NC. Recorded in five minutes of free time one day in the C Sharp dance hall at Pinewoods Camp. She dedicates this tune to her bandmate Noah VanNorstrand. www.julievallimont.com  

4. The Rose of Allandale / Swannanoa - Ian Robb (Ottawa, ON). From Ian’s album Jiig, with James Stephens, Greg Brown and Ian Clark. Ian writes, “‘The Rose of Allandale’ is from the repertoire of England's great Copper Family, but I learned it from Nic Jones. One of the great choruses. Followed by Rayna Gellert's lovely waltz, ‘Swannanoa.’” www.ianrobb.com/  

5. Sense-sweetness, by Cale Young Rice. Read by Julie Vallimont (Brattleboro, VT).  

6. Emilie’s Waltz - Eleanor Lincoln (Northampton, MA). Composed and performed on piano and violin by Eleanor.  

7. Composed upon Westminster Bridge, September 3, 1802, by William Wordsworth. Read by Margaret Youngberg (Greenfield, MA).  

8. Lullaby for the Girls - Peter and Mary Alice Amidon (Brattleboro, VT). Mary Alice dedicates this song to her nieces. It’s from the Amidons' album A Song in My Heart. www.amidonmusic.com  

The opening music is “The Pearl in Sorrow’s Hand” by Julie Vallimont, from her album Dark Sky, Bright Stars. Produced by Julie Vallimont. Mixed and mastered by Dana Billings. All content courtesy of the artists, all rights reserved. This series is supported in part by the Country Dance and Song Society, NEFFA, and Pinewoods Camp. If you enjoy this podcast, please consider supporting it via Patreon: www.patreon.com/starsintherafters

1. Golden Gate Waltz - Everest Witman (Montréal, QC). This tune is from Nova’s album Little Sky, featuring Kathleen Fownes on fiddle, Everest on guitar, and Guillaume Sparrow-Pepin on accordion. www.novatriomusic.com  

2. Stars, by Sara Teasdale. Read by Ben Williams (Northampton, MA).  

3. Tuula’s - MAC (CA and WA). This tune is performed by the band MAC, featuring Elias Alexander, Ryan McKasson, and Colin Cotter. It is found on their album Perfectly Manufactured Reality. www.tunesbymac.com  

4. I wandered lonely as a cloud, by William Wordsworth. Read by Margaret Youngberg (Greenfield, MA).  

5. Bein’ Green - Julie Vallimont (Brattleboro, VT). Julie created a crankie to illustrate this well-loved song by Joe Raposo. This is Julie’s recording of the song from the crankie soundtrack. You can watch the crankie on her website: www.julievallimont.com/artwork/  

6. Eugenia’s - Lissa Schneckenburger (Brattleboro, VT). A beautiful waltz written by New Hampshire dance musician and tune writer Bob McQuillen, recorded by Lissa Schneckenburger on her Dance album. Also with Bethany Waickman (guitar), Eric Merrill (viola), and Corey DiMario (double bass). www.lissafiddle.com  

7. A song for healing, by Cale Young Rice. Read by Julie Vallimont (Brattleboro, VT). The music is an original untitled tune by Aaron Marcus (Montpelier, VT). https://aaronmarcus.bandcamp.com/releases  

The opening music is “The Pearl in Sorrow’s Hand” by Julie Vallimont, from her album Dark Sky, Bright Stars. Produced by Julie Vallimont. Mixed and mastered by Dana Billings. All content courtesy of the artists, all rights reserved. This series is supported in part by the Country Dance and Song Society, NEFFA, and Pinewoods Camp. 

If you enjoy this podcast, please consider supporting it via Patreon: www.patreon.com/starsintherafters