{"id":13432,"date":"2013-11-19T05:49:41","date_gmt":"2013-11-19T10:49:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/?p=13432"},"modified":"2013-11-26T18:29:59","modified_gmt":"2013-11-26T23:29:59","slug":"the-lens-of-self","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/the-lens-of-self\/","title":{"rendered":"The Lens of Self"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/DFW.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-13433\" alt=\"DFW\" src=\"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/DFW-300x222.png\" width=\"300\" height=\"222\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/DFW-300x222.png 300w, https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/DFW-350x259.png 350w, https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/DFW-150x111.png 150w, https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/DFW.png 389w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This (below) is audio from you tube of a commencement speech given by David Foster Wallace.<\/p>\n<p>Towards the end of Part I DFW refers to the clich\u00e9 that has richer import: &#8220;The mind makes a wonderful servant but a terrible master.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In Part II DFW avoids blithe encouragement and instead chooses to impart wisdom about culture and maturity, and what a good education gives a person. (Not that one can readily find this at a learning institution these days. But the ideal is worth adventuring for at any age and in any environment.)<br \/>\nHe made this speech only 3 years before he took his own life. Chilling qualities aside, I share this with you now because his address to graduates is not the sort of thing you hear at commencements. It&#8217;s potently honest and unwraps what it means to &#8220;be taught to think&#8221;&#8230;and what adulthood is really like and other great stuff.<\/p>\n<p>I think hearing it is deeply beneficial and I truly hope you enjoy it, friends.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/M5THXa_H_N8?rel=0\" height=\"315\" width=\"420\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Part II.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uSAzbSQqals?rel=0\" height=\"315\" width=\"420\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>To read the transcript click <a href=\"http:\/\/moreintelligentlife.com\/story\/david-foster-wallace-in-his-own-words\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #2583d9;\"><strong>Can you spare 2 seconds of help?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #2583d9;\"><strong>Please you share this on Facebook using the button provided. <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #2583d9;\"><strong>And if you haven&#8217;t already, please use the sidebar to sign up for the next delivery sent by email; or linking to the RSS feed.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fascinating insights on thinking well and growing up<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5626],"tags":[887,915,916,5856,1084,1121,1122,1191,1503,4717,1547,1602,5578,37,4716,1763,4609,5647,1980,4650,2223,4684,5646,4718,4241,3480,4264,5465],"class_list":["post-13432","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-spark-my-muse","tag-culture","tag-david","tag-david-foster","tag-delivery","tag-education","tag-encouragement","tag-end","tag-facebook","tag-good","tag-graduation","tag-growing","tag-hearing","tag-honest","tag-hope","tag-if","tag-in","tag-insights","tag-invite","tag-learning","tag-lens","tag-mind","tag-servant","tag-share","tag-speech","tag-thinking","tag-transcript","tag-wisdom","tag-worth"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13432","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13432"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13432\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13484,"href":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13432\/revisions\/13484"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13432"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13432"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13432"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}