Have patience with everything unresolved in your heart and … Try to love the questions themselves as if they were locked rooms or books written in a very foreign language. Don’t search for the answers, which could not be given to you now, because you would not be able to live them. And the point is to live everything. Live the questions now. Perhaps then, someday far in the future, you will gradually, without even noticing it, live your way into the answer. Rainer Maria Rilke
August 18, 2006
August 17, 2006
Wayne Muller’s Four Questions
How, Then Shall We Live? “Muller meditates on four questions–Who am I? What do I love? How shall I live, knowing I will die? What is my gift to the family on the earth? This quietly magical program also offers several exercises and practices. Muller’s voice is calm, soft, and reassuring as he weaves meditations, poetry, religious allusions from East and West, and his personal experiences as a minister. He captivates with the strength of his message.”
Via Amazon and P.B.J. © AudioFile 2001, Portland, Maine
Give me an example
American Journalism Review: “Instead of asking Sarah Ferguson, for example, ‘Is it hard being a duchess?’ ask: ‘What’s it like being a duchess?’ Instead of asking Ronald Reagan, ‘Were you scared when you were shot?’ ask: ‘What’s it like to be shot?’ “
(Via Susan Paterno at AJR.)
Sawatsky’s Favorites
American Journalism Review: “His method is based on asking questions beginning with what, how, why and to a lesser degree, who, when and where. Not exactly a novel concept. But what Sawatsky succeeds in showing is how even the best-constructed questions will fall flat if laden with the interviewer’s attitude. “
(Via Susan Paterno.)
August 14, 2006
The Art of the Interview, ESPN-Style (Sawatsky)
NPR : The Art of the Interview, ESPN-Style: “ The old saying goes, “There’s no such thing as a stupid question.” But in the opinion of at least one major television network, there is such a thing, and some of the least effective questions are coming from top broadcast journalists.”
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