After an unexpected hiatus, Unstruck Sound returns with some personal updates and reflections on another paradox: holding on and letting go—as inspired by an OpEd piece from the Washington Post by David Von Drehle.

• My new album is almost out! If you enjoy folk-like music, check it out at https://kimnema.com
• The article at https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/22/david-von-drehle-book-excerpt-dr-charlie-white/
• David Von Drehle’s book, The Book of Charlie—Wisdom from the Remarkable American Life of a 109-Year-Old Man—at https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Book-of-Charlie/David-Von-Drehle/9781476773926

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Join me for an exploration on how GPS and Christianity are related, an exercise from Tristan Gooley’s How to Read Nature, and some influence from an essay from the 90’s sparked by a presidential affair … and how that all leads to the question of what lesson have we yet to learn from traffic?

Perhaps, traffic is a paradox that won’t go away until we really accept it and face it …. because the mapping apps that were supposed to make it better haven’t really done that at all—and I’d posit that they’ve made it worst.

The book: How to Read Nature by Tristan Gooley

• https://www.workman.com/products/how-to-read-nature/
• https://theexperimentpublishing.com/2017/10/learn-how-to-read-nature-with-an-exercise-from-tristan-gooley/ — with exercise and trailer

The essay: Imperial Bedroom by Jonathan Franzen

• https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1998/10/12/imperial-bedroom
• https://bigthink.com/videos/jonathan-franzen-on-privacy/ — the author discussing his essay
• https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780312422165/howtobealone — the book of essays including “Imperial Bedroom”

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Join me as we discover what in the world the “Unstruck Sound” is anyway—and how this podcast came to be. Audio slightly adjusted to be more consistent throughout. Originally aired: February 1, 2023.

Welcome to a new series born of an experiment and named after a discovery made in this pilot. Daily poetry, readings, discoveries, affirmations, nuggets, all with the intention of creating little pockets of space in your life where you can be reminded that you are brilliant—that you already contain the wisdom you seek and can access it in the space of the "unstruck sound."

About me: a middlish-life student learning how to better embrace what it means to be human. This series is an exploration and expose of my journey into daily somatic practices to better my ability to BE ... to be a human "BEing". I struggle with meditation—so perhaps this is my wrangling. And yet another imperfect, vulnerable voice here to share that you're not crazy—it's hard to make space and yet so worth it. And, so I figure, 5 minutes is better than none. What do you say? I look forward to spending +5 minutes a day with you, assuming I figure this out.

In this raw and sometimes awkward episode:

1. Kim Krans's "Animal Spirit Cards"—Explore her artwork and "Wild Unknown" decks. She has children's books, too.

2. David Whyte's "The Bell and The Blackbird"—a poem in an eponymous book. While looking for a good link, I found this site which displays it elegantly and includes a link to where you can buy it. Check your local library if you can. (And if you live in Portland, perhaps you can request it, so they'll order it for our collection.)

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Credits: music and photography by me. No affiliate links, just love.