Barry Lopez: The Search for Meaning in A Broken World

This video documents our May 7 event, co-presented with Point Reyes Books, with Barry Lopez in conversation with Melissa Nelson. Barry is an essayist, author, and short-story writer, and has traveled extensively in remote and populated parts of the world.
Barry Lopez
Barry Lopez is an essayist, author, and short-story writer, and has traveled extensively in remote and populated parts of the world. He is the author of Arctic Dreams, for which he received the National Book Award; Of Wolves and Men, a National Book Award finalist; and eight works of fiction, including Light Action in the Caribbean, Field Notes, and Resistance. He contributes regularly to Harper's, Granta, The Georgia Review, Orion, Outside, and The Paris Review. In his nonfiction, Barry often writes about the relationship between the physical landscape and human culture.
Geography of Hope
In 2019, Geography of Hope is expanding from a one-weekend event to a year-long series of gatherings, pilgrimages, film screenings, conversations and art exhibits that explore the theme of “The Sacred in the Land.”

[@donnakfuller]

Oh my! I am really late to this party! I am cleaning out my books when I came acoss my favorite, an aging paperback "Desert Notes" and I finally found him on The web!

[@robertos4420]

PEACE be your Journey, Mr. Lopez. 💚

[@garywhiteley2305]

Barry: We will miss you insights, compassion and integrity. A void that will not be filled.

[@MaggieEmm]

Brilliant, as ever - a blueprint for the sort of human being we should all aspire to be.

[@wendyholmes1848]

What an eye opening and wise discussion. So grateful to be able to listen.

[@WendyMcNeill]

thank you. heartbreaking and inspiring in equal measure

[@silviopina_111]

YO! You tubers!!! Where is everybody??? You kidding me? 53 "likes" and 6 comments??? This should be mandatory listening, especially right now in these times 1/11/2021. Ok, forgive my tone, I was just getting carried away, I only just discovered the man myself less than a week ago and I am blown away by his universe. NPR Fresh Air interview w Terry Gross was my introduction. Now I am binge watching and reading him. He is like a medicine for the soul... Hope more peeps get to know both the man and the work. So sad that he passed last Christmas...

[@rr7firefly]

Silvia, thank you for the link you left on another KZbin video.

[@silviopina_111]

@@rr7firefly my pleasure!

[@dottiekemp5160]

Wu-wei literally translates as “no trying” or “no doing,” but it’s not at all about dull inaction. In fact, it refers to the dynamic, effortless, and unselfconscious state of mind of a person who is optimally active and effective. People in wu-wei feel as if they are doing nothing, while at the same time they might be creating a brilliant work of art, smoothly negotiating a complex social situation, or even bringing the entire world into harmonious order. For a person in wu-wei, proper and effective conduct follows as automatically as the body gives in to the seductive rhythm of a song. This state of harmony is both complex and holistic, involving as it does the integration of the body, the emotions, and the mind. If we have to translate it, wu-wei is probably best rendered as something like “effortless action” or “spontaneous action.” Being in wu-wei is relaxing and enjoyable, but in a deeply rewarding way that distinguishes it from cruder or more mundane pleasures. Silvia, for me this is what lopez is doing....and i doing same benefit. Thought you might like tat.

[@silviopina_111]

@@dottiekemp5160 thanks, that's super interesting. Sorry, my first reply to you was inaccurate, had not fully read the end. I thought you were referring to a specific thing he said, but now I understand you were really referring to him as a whole. I truly appreciate what you wrote

[@donnakfuller]

Oh my

[@cm1642]

I have listened to many survivors of WW2 and their grace and command of their own emotions is humbling. They as well rebuilt their lives by seeking stability. I believe it is this is why we even exist today. We must all learn stability and command of our own emotions if we are to keep going.

[@stacylang8563]

RIP Barry Lopez

[@amandamoore9183]

Thanks and wow.

[@silviopina_111]

Right? I just discovered him myself. If you like audiobooks, he does a great job reading his own "About This Life"... highly recommend it

[@jimloneso234]

Boring