Wendell Berry and the Real Work, Episode 465
This episode celebrates the life and work of Wendell Berry, the poet and farmer who died this week. Berry's brief poem "The Real Work," invites us to recognise that when we no longer know what to do or which way to go, we may have arrived at our genuine calling. A conversation for all of us navigating confusion, loss, or disorientation, and wondering about how we might bring ourselves when we no longer know the way.
Hosted as always by Lizzie Winn and Justin Wise of Thirdspace.
Our source for this week:
The Real Work
It may be that when we no longer know what to do
we have come our real work,
and that when we no longer know which way to go
we have come to our real journey.
The mind that is not baffled is not employed.
The impeded stream is the one that sings.
Wendell Berry (1934-2026)
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