"Everyone should know that you can’t live in any other way than by cultivating the soul.” –Apuleius, Roman writer
A hoe is an instrument a farmer uses to cultivate the land, to prepare the soil for planting and growth. What are the tools we might employ in the cultivation of our self, of our soul? Words can be used to churn up the soil of our soul and reveal the life underneath. Words too are seeds, which when planted in lyrical rows spring forth as poetry. David St. John is one such sower of words who cultivates a deeper understanding of our human self and soul through his word-craft. It has been said of St. John that he is a keen “observer of landscapes, within and without.” St. John’s poems detect the visceral moments of life in ways that allow the hearer/reader to see images, smell flowers, taste the nectar, and feel the earth through his sowing of words. Please join us in conversation with Professor St. John as we explore his application of the polymathic principle of cultivation of the self and the soul.