#12: Strength in Awareness: What Meditation Is, Why It Matters, and its Connection to Exercise and Weightlifting

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Today, I had the great pleasure of chatting with my close friend Laura Castonguay, MFA, about some pretty interesting stuff. Unsure where the conversation would go, we sat in silent meditation before recording, allowing our minds to settle. Lo and behold, the conversation ended up developing about meditation itself and what it means for both of our lives. While Laura and I have different approaches to meditation - mine tends to be seated, Laura's tends to be active and physical - each of us experiences it as a way to connect more to our bodies on this earth, where we are right now. 

We hope that this conversation fills you with a deep sense of peace, Listener, and we hope that it encourages you to recognize your own meditative potential. For through our meditation, the bounty of the universe unfolds, and with that bounty comes the limitless delight of eternal Snobbery. 

Enjoy this Haiku, Listener:

#10: Appalachian Trail and Hitchhiking: Snobs on the Road

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For this monumental, groundbreaking, unforeseen tenth episode (praise be, praise be), we travel off the beaten track of film deconstruction, endeavoring into a late-night, windy conversation in which Sean interviews Matt about his noble decision to hike the Appalachian Trail, which he is currently doing. The meditative interview traveled many interesting places, discussing such topics as Bill Bryson’s A Walk in the Woods, Jack Kerouac’s On the Road, the importance of travel, the desire for discomfort, Sean's experienceshitchhiking the West Coast, and the ongoing desire for “transformative experiences.” We hope you enjoy this interview-turned-conversation, listener, and we hope that should you get the chance, you will travel to the ends of the earth in your search for wisdom and illumination. Praise be, praise be.