002-Richard Del Connor: Philosopher Poet

Richard Del Connor Philosopher Poet

Richard includes an open letter to Oprah Winfrey before reciting his poem written to her about her newest book Path Made Clear. Richard’s poem is titled, “Oprah Made Clear.” Richard hopes he doesn’t alienate himself from her with some criticisms about the people in her book. Richard recites the poem “Field Of Dreams” from his book Philosopher Poet in a Field of Dreams. For his philosophy lesson today, Richard discusses an excerpt from the Meditations of Marcus Aurelius. Marcus refers to anyone who is angry or fearful as being a “runaway slave.” He basically says that an unhappy person is running away from something. No matter how much they complain they are still enslaved to what they run from. Richard promotes the website www.americanzen.org which has evolved since 1999 as the American Zen folk rock band recorded their albums this century. Richard then promoted the album, Live in Venice by The Rich. This album was recorded in 1979.