The Path of Radical Simplicity continues. In this episode, we meet Epictetus, the Stoic philosopher who proved that the greatest source of suffering is attachment to things outside our control. We explore his concept of the Dichotomy of Control and how radical simplicity of mind leads to true, unshakeable freedom.

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Recommended Reading: The Enchiridion by Epictetus

Music: "Dalai Llama Riding a Bike" by Javier "Peke" Rodriguez

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The Path of Radical Simplicity: In this episode, we meet Henry David Thoreau, the American philosopher who lived deliberately in a self-built cabin by Walden Pond. We explore his famous experiment, his resistance to complexity, and his belief that the true cost of a thing is the amount of life you must exchange for it.

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Recommended Reading: Walden by Henry David Thoreau

Music: "Dalai Llama Riding a Bike" by Javier "Peke" Rodriguez

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Celia Pym: Mending as Listening

In this episode, we meet textile artist Celia Pym, who is best known for her visible mending—repairing garments in ways that honor their wear. We explore the power of slowing down, the meaning of listening through craft, and what it means to mend without hiding the damage.

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Recommended Reading: On Mending by Celia Pym

Music: "Dalai Llama Riding a Bike" by Javier "Peke" Rodriguez

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Gary Snyder: Poetry of the Wild

Creative Vision and Mindful Craft continues. In this episode, we honor Gary Snyder—poet, ecologist, Buddhist practitioner—whose work calls us back into conversation with land. We reflect on speaking from place, on grounded wildness, and on how poetry can be humble care.

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Recommended Reading: The Practice of the Wild by Gary Snyder

Music: "Dalai Llama Riding a Bike" by Javier "Peke" Rodriguez

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Creative Vision and Mindful Craft continues. In this episode, we honor Anni Albers, whose life in weaving taught us fidelity to material, restraint in design, and depth in simplicity. We reflect on letting what we hold teach us, rather than fashioning what we wish.

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Recommended Reading: On Weaving by Anni Albers

Music: "Dalai Llama Riding a Bike" by Javier "Peke" Rodriguez

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George Nakashima: Wood & Soul

Creative Vision and Mindful Craft continues. In this episode, we honor George Nakashima—architect, craftsman, and wood whisperer—who listened to trees and let design grow from them rather than impose upon them. We explore his philosophy, his time in internment, and his vision of Altars for Peace.

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Recommended Reading: The Soul of a Tree: A Master Woodworker’s Reflections

Music: "Dalai Llama Riding a Bike" by Javier "Peke" Rodriguez

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Virginia Woolf: A Room and a Voice

Creative Vision and Mindful Craft continues. This episode looks at the life and work of Virginia Woolf, whose writing and essays transformed how we understand time, consciousness, and creative independence. We reflect on her insistence that women need money and space in order to write—and how that applies to all of us trying to think clearly in today’s noisy world.

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Recommended Reading: A Room of One’s Own by Virginia Woolf

Music: "Dalai Llama Riding a Bike" by Javier "Peke" Rodriguez

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Leonard Cohen: Song, Silence, and Shadow

Creative Vision and Mindful Craft continues. We explore the life of Leonard Cohen—a poet, singer, and spiritual seeker—whose artistry emerged from stillness and whose words embraced brokenness. This episode reflects on his monastic years and how silence can become a keeper.

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Recommended Reading: Leonard Cohen: A Remarkable Life by Anthony Reynolds

Music: "Dalai Llama Riding a Bike" by Javier "Peke" Rodriguez

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