Ideas of Self
The poet Pejk Malinovski reflects on the many ways we perceive of ourselves.
'Be yourself', we're told. But what does that really mean? What is this thing called self?
The poet and radio producer Pejkl Malinovski reflects on a question that has intrigued poets for centuries. 'I is someone else', Rimbaud said. 'I contain multitudes', said Whitman.
Modern neuroscience contests the idea that we are somehow born with a soul and millions of Buddhists have been living happily without one for thousands of years.
Perhaps a lot of our frustrations in this self-centred era come from the idea that we must control, build and advance our egos, when really we might be a lot better off giving up some control.
Pejk's meditation embraces writings by Gertrude Stein, Fernando Pessoa and Sharon Salzberg.
Producer Alan Hall.
A Falling Tree production for 大象传媒 Radio 4
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Readings
Poem: The Seer鈥檚 Letter
Author: Arthur Rimbaud
Title: Song of Myself (from Leaves of Green)
Author: Walt Whitman
Poem: When I look I see clear as a sunflower (from The Keeper of Sheep)
Author: Fernando Pessoa (Albert Caeiro)
Title: The Book of Disquiet
Author: Fernando Pessoa (Bernardo Soares)
Title: Poetry and Grammar
Author: Gertrude Stein
Poem: Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas聽
Author: Gertrude Stein
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- Sun 22 Feb 2015 06:05大象传媒 Radio 4
- Sun 21 May 2023 06:05大象传媒 Radio 4
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