Book · 2015 · Self-management (Psychology)
Consolations
The Solace, Nourishment and Underlying Meaning of Everyday Words
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It's a consolation and that's one of the reasons I gave that name to the essays actually, it's consoling both in the sense of putting an arm around you.
What they say about it
- Writing the essays“led to the consolations essays”4
The best things said about it
And certainly I recommend people get their hands on anything that you've written including your latest constellations 2 which further explores what you call the conversational nature of reality which is a wording I absolutely love.
Tim Ferriss The Tim Ferriss Show · Dec 2024 It was a revolutionary moment in my life actually I just and led to the consolations essays and led to the writing of the first one with the title regret.
It was the first essay I wrote, it's just very short. The piece that appeared in Consolations is just a little longer than 300 words.
Start with the lifting weights before you go win the gold at the Olympics the peace time what prompted the writing of that particular piece well the whole writing of constellations 2 following the first constellations was was so intense.
Why people recommend it
Consolations by David Whyte is a collection of essays exploring human experiences, emotions, and the conversational nature of reality. Tim Ferriss endorsed Whyte's writing on The Tim Ferriss Show, specifically recommending his latest collection, Consolations II, for its exploration of the conversational nature of reality. During the same podcast episode, David Whyte discussed the origins of his Consolations essays, explaining how a revolutionary period in his life led him to write the very first piece in the collection about regret. He described this initial essay as a very short work of just over three hundred words and noted that he chose the title Consolations because he wanted the essays to feel comforting, like someone putting an arm around the reader. Whyte also reflected on the intense process of writing Consolations II, which he noted was written in a kind of delirium over several months between January and July of 2024.
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Tim Ferriss and certainly I recommend people get their hands on anything that you've written including your latest cons… 1
“and certainly I recommend people get their hands on anything that you've written including your latest constellations 2 which further explores what you call the conversational nature of reality which is a wording I absolutely love”
David Whyte it was a revolutionary moment in my life actually I just and led to the consolations essays and led to the… 5
“it was a revolutionary moment in my life actually I just and led to the consolations essays and led to the writing of the first one with the title regret”
“actually it was the first essay I wrote it's just very short the piece that appeared in constellations is just a little longer than 300 words but not much longer”
“it's a consolation and that's one of the reasons I gave that name to the essays actually it's consoling both in the sense of putting an arm around you”
“start with the lifting weights before you go win the gold at the Olympics the peace time what prompted the writing of that particular piece well the whole writing of constellations 2 following the first constellations was was so intense”
“well the whole writing of constellations 2 following the first constellations was was so intense it was written in a kind of delirium between January and July of this year 24”
