Episode 147: You Must Change Your Life

Weird Studies

Phil Ford and J. F. Martel

Society & Culture, Arts, Philosophy

4.8 • 688 Ratings

🗓️ 24 May 2023

⏱️ 94 minutes

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Summary

Rainer Maria Rilke's poem "Archaic Torso of Apollo" ends on a note that has puzzled and inspired readers for more than a century: "For there is no place that does not see you. You must change your life." In this episode, JF and Phil search for the meaning of this ethico-aesthetic imperative that Rilke heard resounding from a fragment of Greek statuary. This episode is special because the hosts were able to record it in person while on a writing retreat in Western Quebec. Enroll in THE TWIN PEAKS MYTHOS, a 4-week Weird Studies view-along starting June 8th. Listen to Meredith Michael and Gabriel Lubell's podcast, Cosmophonia. Support us on Patreon and gain access to Phil's podcast on Wagner's Ring Cycle. Download Pierre-Yves Martel's new album, Mer Bleue. Visit the Weird Studies Bookshop Find us on Discord Get the T-shirt design from Cotton Bureau! REFERENCES Rainer Maria Rilke, “Archaic Torso of Apollo” Peter Sloterdijk, You Must Change Your Life Michel Foucault, The Order of Things He Man, superhero Munich Terrorist Photo Albert Camus, The Rebel Franz Kafka, "The Trial" and “In the Penal Colony" Auguste Rodin, French sculptor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Spectrevision Radio
0:03.3	Welcome to Weird Studies, an arts and philosophy podcast with hosts Phil Ford and J.F. Martel.
0:20.8	For more episodes or to support the podcast,
0:23.3	go to weirdstud J.F.
0:53.3	Phil and I have a new neuro-learning course starting on
0:56.4	June 8th, the Twin Peaks Mythus, an inquiry in the form of a view along. This course consists
1:02.8	of four weekly screenings of select material from the Twin Peaks television series and the feature-length
1:07.6	film Twin Peaks Firewalk with me. We'll be commenting on the films in real time,
1:12.5	making connections, exploring themes,
1:14.5	and picking up on symbolic resonances
1:16.6	in an exercise recalling the great director's commentaries
1:20.0	of the golden age of DVDs,
1:22.2	except we're not the directors, needless to say.
1:25.5	If this is something you might be interested in, you can get more information by going to
1:29.5	Neurallearning.com. That's N-U-R-A-Learning.com. Each screening will be followed by a lively
1:36.2	group discussion, so we're hoping for a big turnout of committed weirdos who are eager
1:41.0	to divine David Lynch's landmark series with us.
1:47.5	This week's episode is special because we recorded it in person,
1:50.2	something we've only been able to do a few times in the past.
1:53.9	You see, last week, Phil and I were at my family cottage in Quebec,
1:57.4	working on our weirding book, more on that at a later date.
1:59.9	The retreat was a smashing success,
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