In this unnecessarily long-winded intro to APFY, I explore Rilke's poem "Du im Voraus verlorne Geliebte," ("You Who Never Arrived"), alongside Leon Russell's "A Song for You," and Martin Buber's book I and Thou, delving into themes of elusive love, the intricacies of human connection, and the profound nature of both inner and outer I-You-ness.
(00:00) "You, In Advance, Lost Beloved”
(01:30) Only You (1994 Romantic Comedy - watch on YouTube)
(03:39) The "Mission" of Rilke's "Du Im Voraus" & The Duino Elegies
(07:52) Learning Rilke on Walks in the Kent Countryside in 2019
(09:19) Rilke's Death at The Age of 51: Slain By A Rose?
(10:38) The Main Ideas Behind Buber's Book Ich und Du (I and Thou)
(13:25) Split Brain Personalities
(15:00) GPT-4's Enneagram Nursery Rhyme Inspired By "This Little Piggy"
(15:56) The Left-Hemisphere "I" Narrator Vs. the Right-Hemisphere "Self"
(18:15) Primate Evolution in the Great Rift Valley: From Forest Dwellers to Survivors of the Savannah
(20:48) Greed is Good? (watch clip on YouTube)
(21:40) The Emergence of the 'I' in Human Evolution
(23:10) Present-Focused Animate Consciousness vs. Conceptual Consciousness
(24:17) Social Interactions and Survival in Early Human Communities
(25:28) Theory of Mind
(31:03) Conceptual Self-Description and Mental "I"-Focused Time Travel
(32:27) The "I" as Podcaster, the Self as Listener
(35:25) The Story Behind Leon Russell's "A Song For You"
(37:54) Analysis of Russell's Vocal Style
(39:51) Leon Russell's Childhood and Struggles With Disability
(44:25) Evolutionary Human Lifespan Limits
(44:35) Vulnerability
(47:54) The Desire To Be "Seen Through"
(52:00) Buber's Three Spheres of I-You Relating
(53:20) Podcasts As Messages In A Bottle
(55:35) Finding You in Slug Trails and Solitary Spiders
(56:30) Samuel Barber's Agnus Dei "You"
(57:00) Hello/Goodbye