{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Gregory Sinche - On Poetry As A Way To Organize Your Mind","description":"In this episode Elizabeth hosts her cousin Gregory Sinche to discuss the unparalleled New England poet, Robert Frost.   Throughout the episode there is discussion of the many roads we are offered in life, their varying vantage points, and how we can choose to move forward knowing that \u2018way leads on to way\u2019 and we are bound to end up where we are meant to.   Greg expresses appreciation for the life he\u2019s led up until this point even with its trade-offs, using poetry to reflect how far he\u2019s come, and revisiting phrases that help him get through difficult moments.   Elizabeth shares a related quote from Kurt Vonnegut who said, "I urge you to please notice when you are happy, and exclaim or murmur or think at some point, 'If this isn't nice, I don't know what is.'"   A beautifully honest discussion of coming through depression, reflecting on 16 months of pandemic life, and how moving from an actionable \u2018living\u2019 experience to a \u2018lived\u2019 experience makes all the difference.   Greg rounds out the conversation saying he hopes we become a society where we become comfortable expressing our vulnerability consistently, admitting when we are not okay and finding ways to seek help.   Timestamps:  00:00:41 Guest Introduction 00:02:09 Poem Reading (Greg) 00:03:01 Author Info 00:04:32 Greg\u2019s Relationship to the Poem 00:27:43 Pause \/ Poem Reading (Elizabeth) 00:31:10 Reflection & Offering   Poem & Links: The Road Not Taken (\u00a9 1916) Stopping By Woods On A Snowy Evening (\u00a9 1923) If This Isn\u2019t Nice Then What Is (Kurt Vonnegut)   I.O.P. Lexicon: Diverged: (verb) separate from another route, especially a main one, and go in a different direction.   Where to find Greg: @gregory.sinche  |  Instagram   Where to find our host Elizabeth: @ellsonelizabeth    |   Twitter   Where to find us: @iofferpoetry   |   Instagram  @iofferpoetry   |  Twitter iofferpoetry@gmail.com   |   iofferpoetry.com    Produced & Edited by John Campione: Campiaudio.com   |   @campiaudio campiaudio@gmail.com   Music @zacharymanno | Art @sammycampioneart ","author_name":"I Offer Poetry","author_url":"https:\/\/www.iofferpoetry.com\/","html":"