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THE TRANSFORMATIVE POWER OF ART
Guest: Terry Tempest Williams Program 2821
Host: Michael Toms Interview Date: 6/29/2000 Program Length: 1 Hour
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Program Description: The first time Terry Tempest Williams looked upon Hieronymus Bosch's painting, "The Garden of Earthly Delights," it captivated her spirit—and didn't let her go until she had walked a seven year pilgrimage through the multiple dimensions of the painting—a painting that remains as mysterious and provacative as it was five hundred years ago. The masterpiece spoke to Williams and she returns the favor eloquently—weaving together the spiritual, psychological, religious, ecological, and emotional intensity of a work of art that transformed her life. "Bosch's genius was saying, there is a real world, a beautiful world, an ambiguous world, a world of discovery and curiosity that is the center panel, the middle path." Explore the myriad of meanings inside Bosch's masterwork where, "that incredible sense of wonder, born out of longing, creates its own alchemy of the imagination as well as the intellect." Williams is a recipient of a Lannan Literary Fellowship and a Guggenheim Fellowship, and is the author of several books including Refuge (Pantheon 1991), An Unspoken Hunger (Pantheon 1994) and Leap (Pantheon 2000). 1 hour
Terry Tempest Williams is a renowned naturalist and author who marries a love for language with a passion for the environment. Utne magazine named Williams one of a 100 leading "visionaries." A native of Utah and a fifth-generation Mormon, Williams has authored over a dozen books, including Refuge: An Unnatural History of Family and Place (Pantheon 1991) An Unspoken Hunger: Stories from the Field (Vintage Books 1995), Red: Patience and Passion in the Desert (Vintage Books 2002), and The Open Space of Democracy (The Orion Society 2004). To learn more about the work of Terry Temptest Williams go to www.coyoteclan.com
Topics explored in this dialogue:
The personal rewards of listening with wonder
The genuis behind Hieronymus Bosch's, "The Garden of Earthly Delights"
The only way to move out of the darkness into the light
How to find hope in the midst of despair
Parallels of the fifteenth century to the twenty-first century
Why Bosch's work was so futuristic
Can a painting be a prayer?
A surprising (and safe) act of civil disobedience
The essence of the Mormon religion and it's challenges today
