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Just Being Here
Rumi and Human Friendship
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Just Being Here: Rumi and Human Friendship is a three-CD audio collaboration between Coleman Barks and cellist David Darling that weaves spoken translations of Rumi with original cello music to explore friendship and spiritual intimacy.
The project focuses particularly on the friendship between Rumi and Shams of Tabriz, using the metaphor of sunlight and holiday imagery to evoke transformed relationships.
Recorded collaboratively in a studio setting, the collection alternates between music-first and poetry-first approaches, creating an improvisational, play-like atmosphere.
It showcases Barks's trance-based approach to translation alongside Darling's evocative soundscapes, aiming to produce an experiential field rather than a scholarly presentation.
The set was highlighted in the episode as a recent Sounds True release celebrating human friendship and the ecstatic dimension of Rumi's poetry.
The project focuses particularly on the friendship between Rumi and Shams of Tabriz, using the metaphor of sunlight and holiday imagery to evoke transformed relationships.
Recorded collaboratively in a studio setting, the collection alternates between music-first and poetry-first approaches, creating an improvisational, play-like atmosphere.
It showcases Barks's trance-based approach to translation alongside Darling's evocative soundscapes, aiming to produce an experiential field rather than a scholarly presentation.
The set was highlighted in the episode as a recent Sounds True release celebrating human friendship and the ecstatic dimension of Rumi's poetry.
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[ENCORE EPISODE] Coleman Barks: Rumi, Grace, and Human Friendship
