Your #existential PSA for the day, courtesy of #GarySnyder:

David Perlis' new book 𝙈𝙤𝙧𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙣 𝙈𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙣 pays homage to the postwar creative boom that took root in Marin.

He talks to @thetonearm.com about his inspiration, the letters of #GarySnyder and #AlanWatts, and why young artists struggle to find a foothold in #Marin today.

🎧️ Tune in: shorturl.at/ivYlR

#Meditation looks inward, #poetry holds forth. One is private, the other is out in the world. One enters the moment, the other shares it. But in practice it is never entirely clear which is doing which.

- #GarySnyder

I am crazy for sanity!

- #GarySnyder

Spending time with your own mind is humbling and broadening. One finds that there's no one in charge, and is reminded that no thought lasts for long.

– #GarySnyder

Read carefully, then don't read;
work hard, then forget about it;
know your tradition, then liberate yourself from it;
learn language, then free yourself from it.

Finally, know at least one form of magic.

- #GarySnyder

For Labor Day, Gary Snyder’s “Hay for the Horses” listens closely to physical labor, memory, and the long rhythm of work done by hand.

Read it at Poets.org: buff.ly/6lPO0Km

#LaborDay #Poetry #Workers #GarySnyder #ReadPoetry