The Art of Stillness
2016-02-06T20:21:26-05:00https://ximage.c-spanvideo.org/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJwaWN0dXJlcy5jLXNwYW52aWRlby5vcmciLCJrZXkiOiJGaWxlc1wvNTc0XC8yMDE2MDIwNjIwMjIzODAwMl9oZC5qcGciLCJlZGl0cyI6eyJyZXNpemUiOnsiZml0IjoiY292ZXIiLCJoZWlnaHQiOjUwNn19fQ==Pico Iyer talked about his book, The Art of Stillness: Adventures in Going Nowhere, about his unique quest to “do nothing.” Having traveled the globe from Cuba to Kathmandu and Easter Island to Ethiopia, Pico Iyer wondered what would it be like to sit in his living room and do nothing.
C-SPAN’s Local Content Vehicles (LCVs) made a stop in their “2016 LCV Cities Tour” in Santa Barbara, California, from January 9-15 to feature the history and literary life of the community. Working with the Cox Communications local affiliate, they visited literary and historic sites where local historians, authors, and civic leaders were interviewed. The history segments air on American History TV (AHTV) on C-SPAN3 and the literary events/non-fiction author segments air on Book TV on C-SPAN2.
C-SPAN’s Local Content Vehicles (LCVs) made a stop in their “2016 LCV Cities Tour” in Santa Barbara, California, from January 9-15 to feature the history and literary life of the community. Working with the Cox Communications local affiliate, they visited literary and historic sites where local historians, authors, and civic leaders were interviewed. The history segments air on American History TV (AHTV) on C-SPAN3 and the literary events/non-fiction author segments air on Book TV on C-SPAN2.
Pico Iyer talked about his book, The Art of Stillness: Adventures in Going Nowhere, about his unique quest to “do nothing.” Having traveled … read more
Pico Iyer talked about his book, The Art of Stillness: Adventures in Going Nowhere, about his unique quest to “do nothing.” Having traveled the globe from Cuba to Kathmandu and Easter Island to Ethiopia, Pico Iyer wondered what would it be like to sit in his living room and do nothing.
C-SPAN’s Local Content Vehicles (LCVs) made a stop in their “2016 LCV Cities Tour” in Santa Barbara, California, from January 9-15 to feature the history and literary life of the community. Working with the Cox Communications local affiliate, they visited literary and historic sites where local historians, authors, and civic leaders were interviewed. The history segments air on American History TV (AHTV) on C-SPAN3 and the literary events/non-fiction author segments air on Book TV on C-SPAN2. close
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