1 00:00:08,100 --> 00:00:10,020 Hello and 2 00:00:10,020 --> 00:00:16,189 welcome to this segment of Arts on the Hill, which I must say when I heard of this project 3 00:00:16,189 --> 00:00:18,189 I thought it was such a fantastic idea 4 00:00:18,270 --> 00:00:24,919 And when I started thinking about the kinds of poems that I could possibly share with you in this segment 5 00:00:24,920 --> 00:00:32,689 I was stymied because I realized that a lot of my poems were about what some people would call 6 00:00:32,970 --> 00:00:40,249 Not quite feel-good subjects. And so the question is can something sad 7 00:00:41,730 --> 00:00:43,730 make you happy? 8 00:00:44,640 --> 00:00:50,209 I really believe that a work of art can because I think that any art that 9 00:00:50,399 --> 00:00:54,468 Touches us does so because of resonates with our profoundest 10 00:00:55,770 --> 00:01:03,349 terrors, so when we discover that someone else feels the same way we do even if the situation is 11 00:01:03,449 --> 00:01:07,579 in its details a little different we feel less alone and 12 00:01:09,360 --> 00:01:11,989 Therefore it can make art can make us feel better 13 00:01:11,990 --> 00:01:13,530 so in that vain 14 00:01:13,530 --> 00:01:16,280 The first poem I'm going to read to you 15 00:01:16,439 --> 00:01:19,879 Today is a poem, it's a poem from my second book 16 00:01:19,880 --> 00:01:27,019 so it's from a long time ago and it's about another pandemic the Black Death - the plague 17 00:01:27,869 --> 00:01:34,219 a few references of Boccaccio many of you will remember was the author of The Decameron 18 00:01:34,829 --> 00:01:39,169 He was a 14th century Italian writer a great writer in the Decameron 19 00:01:39,170 --> 00:01:46,159 There were a hundred tales that were told by ten people who had fled Florence where the plague was raging they were 20 00:01:46,590 --> 00:01:48,240 sheltering-in-place 21 00:01:48,240 --> 00:01:52,610 Right outside Florence and to pass the time they told these stories 22 00:01:53,130 --> 00:01:59,720 Now Boccaccio's muse was a woman by the name of Fiammetta and not much is known about her 23 00:01:59,720 --> 00:02:05,929 We know a lot about him. But as usual the woman did not get much attention. So in this poem 24 00:02:06,630 --> 00:02:08,190 we have 25 00:02:08,190 --> 00:02:10,190 Fiammetta Breaks Her Peace 26 00:02:12,200 --> 00:02:15,429 I've watched them mother and I know the signs 27 00:02:16,190 --> 00:02:18,190 the first day rigor 28 00:02:19,240 --> 00:02:26,800 Staggering like drunks. They ram the rooms sharp edges with the most delicate body parts and feel no pain 29 00:02:27,680 --> 00:02:31,780 Unable to sleep. They shiver beneath all the quilts in the house 30 00:02:32,480 --> 00:02:35,079 Panic gnawing a silver path to the brain 31 00:02:36,140 --> 00:02:41,860 Day two is fever. The bright stream clogged eyes rodent red 32 00:02:42,500 --> 00:02:49,420 No one weeps anymore just waits for appear they must in the armpits at the groin 33 00:02:50,090 --> 00:02:52,090 hard blackened apples 34 00:02:52,820 --> 00:02:57,159 Then at least there is certainty an odd kind of relief 35 00:02:57,920 --> 00:02:59,949 a cross comes on the door 36 00:03:00,860 --> 00:03:08,380 a few worthy citizens gather possessions around them and spend time with fine foods wine and music 37 00:03:08,630 --> 00:03:10,630 behind closed drapes 38 00:03:10,790 --> 00:03:16,179 Having left the world already they are surprised when the world finds them again 39 00:03:17,080 --> 00:03:19,860 Still others carouse from tavern to Tavern 40 00:03:20,320 --> 00:03:22,700 doing exactly as they please 41 00:03:23,690 --> 00:03:31,029 and to think he wanted to meet beautiful to be his fresh air and my breasts too soft 42 00:03:31,370 --> 00:03:33,370 spiced promises 43 00:03:33,710 --> 00:03:38,109 stand still he said once and let me admire you 44 00:03:39,560 --> 00:03:45,640 All is infection mother and avarice and self pity and fear 45 00:03:46,400 --> 00:03:49,000 We shall sit quietly in this room 46 00:03:49,760 --> 00:03:52,239 And I think we'll be spared 47 00:03:53,300 --> 00:03:58,389 Hi, I'm Jim Ryan and I am here with my favorite daughter Phoebe 48 00:03:58,390 --> 00:04:03,339 How are you doing B.? Good. Excellent, and we are both here to welcome you to the third episode 49 00:04:04,220 --> 00:04:11,540 Arts on the Hill the digital edition. You just heard from the remarkable poet Rita Dove a Pulitzer Prize winner 50 00:04:11,540 --> 00:04:14,040 and member of the UVA faculty 51 00:04:14,040 --> 00:04:18,300 Someone I'm proud to call a colleague and a friend coming up next you're going to hear some 52 00:04:18,300 --> 00:04:20,400 singing, some poetry 53 00:04:20,400 --> 00:04:26,900 You'll see some dancing and I understand that there is another spectacular performance from a U.S. Senator 54 00:04:27,449 --> 00:04:31,189 So stay tuned. I hope you all are well and with that 55 00:04:31,199 --> 00:04:36,649 I'll turn it over to my colleague and friend Matt Weber who just had an essay published in The New York Times 56 00:04:36,650 --> 00:04:41,449 Which you should check out about building a church in his backyard. Thanks for tuning in 57 00:04:42,419 --> 00:04:44,869 Hi everyone, and thank you President Ryan 58 00:04:46,020 --> 00:04:47,720 unnecessary to reference that article 59 00:04:47,720 --> 00:04:53,479 But I am reporting to you from this little backyard church I built for my kids our church is closed 60 00:04:53,490 --> 00:04:55,970 So wanted a place to count our blessings today 61 00:04:55,970 --> 00:05:02,449 So we threw this together speaking of blessings Nathan Colberg a recent grad of the University of Virginia 62 00:05:02,729 --> 00:05:04,999 Is our next performer 63 00:05:05,000 --> 00:05:10,789 He is a talented person over 4.5 million listens on the internet recently sold out the Jefferson Theater 64 00:05:10,789 --> 00:05:14,659 And we reached out to him and asked would you like to perform on digital Arts on the Hill? 65 00:05:14,660 --> 00:05:18,529 He said if it helps people out to provide solace during these difficult times 66 00:05:18,840 --> 00:05:25,340 Count me in and then he also said maybe I'll get a new fan in president Jim Ryan to which I respond was saying 67 00:05:25,520 --> 00:05:28,820 Nathan Colberg check and check 68 00:05:29,340 --> 00:05:32,920 Performing a song called Charlottesville. Here's Nathan Colberg 69 00:05:35,220 --> 00:05:42,740 Hey everyone, my name is Nathan Colberg. This is a song I wrote while I was at UVA about a wonderful town of Charlottesville, Virginia 70 00:05:45,300 --> 00:05:48,940 [PIANO PLAYING] 71 00:05:50,540 --> 00:05:55,980 Cheapest cigars in hand 72 00:05:55,980 --> 00:06:02,320 as we sat on the marble stairs 73 00:06:02,320 --> 00:06:12,160 And put words to the story that we didn't know 74 00:06:15,280 --> 00:06:26,520 Dusted piano keys as the song blows across for tea 75 00:06:26,520 --> 00:06:35,000 And the floorboards sing to their own melody 76 00:06:39,680 --> 00:06:45,600 Don't go, Charlottesville 77 00:06:45,600 --> 00:06:51,320 Leave me by the pillars that hide here 78 00:06:51,320 --> 00:06:56,900 Write me the letter that I wrote you 79 00:06:56,900 --> 00:07:01,240 'cause I'm coming back to you 80 00:07:03,560 --> 00:07:09,100 Yeah I'm coming back to you 81 00:07:09,660 --> 00:07:14,140 I'm coming back to you 82 00:07:14,140 --> 00:07:16,140 [PIANO PLAYING] 83 00:07:26,500 --> 00:07:28,500 Stay safe go Hoos 84 00:07:31,159 --> 00:07:36,399 Hi Charlottesville community and UVA and Friends. I've come to my favorite place 85 00:07:38,300 --> 00:07:39,830 Which is 86 00:07:39,830 --> 00:07:41,389 with the animals 87 00:07:41,389 --> 00:07:44,940 My dad was my best friend as I was growing up 88 00:07:44,940 --> 00:07:48,490 and he always used to say as I left the house remember who you are and what you stand for 89 00:07:48,490 --> 00:07:52,180 And that's left a strong imprint on my soul 90 00:07:52,879 --> 00:07:58,658 Our favorite movie was Lonesome Dove. And when one of the main characters passed away they said about him 91 00:07:59,300 --> 00:08:05,530 never shook the task splendid behavior, and I was thinking about what splendid behavior looks like and 92 00:08:06,139 --> 00:08:09,459 so a poem about splendid behavior is "If" 93 00:08:10,190 --> 00:08:13,179 by Rudyard Kipling and it reads 94 00:08:13,849 --> 00:08:18,699 if you can keep your head when all about you are losing their's and blaming it on you 95 00:08:19,460 --> 00:08:23,769 if you can trust yourself when all men doubt you but make allowance for their doubting, too 96 00:08:24,380 --> 00:08:30,640 if you can wait and not be tired by waiting or be lied about don't deal in lies, or 97 00:08:30,860 --> 00:08:37,140 Be hated don't give way to hating and yet don't look too good nor talk too wise 98 00:08:37,430 --> 00:08:42,820 If you can dream and not make dream your master if you could think and not make thoughts your aim 99 00:08:42,919 --> 00:08:48,038 If you can meet with triumph and disaster and treat those two impostors just the same 100 00:08:48,890 --> 00:08:50,649 If you could bear to hear the truth 101 00:08:50,649 --> 00:08:57,458 You've spoken twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools or watch the things you gave your life to broken 102 00:08:57,649 --> 00:09:00,639 And stoop and build them up with worn-out tools 103 00:09:01,130 --> 00:09:06,969 if you could make one heap of your winnings and risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss and 104 00:09:07,640 --> 00:09:11,890 Lose and start again at your beginnings and never breathe a word about your loss 105 00:09:12,350 --> 00:09:17,409 If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew to serve your turn long after they are gone 106 00:09:17,410 --> 00:09:22,449 And so hold on when there is nothing in you except the will which says to them 107 00:09:22,910 --> 00:09:27,040 Hold on if you could talk with crowds and keep your virtue or walk with Kings 108 00:09:27,980 --> 00:09:34,380 Nor lose the common touch if neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you if all men count with you 109 00:09:34,380 --> 00:09:35,700 but none too much 110 00:09:35,720 --> 00:09:39,860 If you can fill the unforgiving minute with sixty seconds worth of distance run 111 00:09:40,140 --> 00:09:45,900 Your's is the earth and everything that's in it and which is more you'll be a man my son 112 00:09:47,720 --> 00:09:53,140 Thank you Coach love that poem so much it's one of my favorites one of my dad's favorites as well and love that 113 00:09:53,280 --> 00:09:56,140 you incorporated animals into it gave me some inspiration 114 00:09:56,280 --> 00:10:00,500 For my segment here. This is Sandy. I don't know if anyone cares 115 00:10:00,900 --> 00:10:05,749 Maybe you're sick of seeing people with their animals on the Internet the past month or so, but anyway 116 00:10:05,790 --> 00:10:10,129 Sandy named after a Bruce Springsteen song which by the way Bruce 117 00:10:10,680 --> 00:10:12,680 I'm pretty sure you're watching 118 00:10:13,140 --> 00:10:15,499 Just email me we can probably squeeze it on this show 119 00:10:17,100 --> 00:10:19,969 You know who we don't have to squeeze in the amazing and talented 120 00:10:21,120 --> 00:10:26,720 Indian dance group the HooRAAS next on Arts on the Hill the digital edition 121 00:10:29,640 --> 00:10:32,800 [MUSIC PLAYING] 122 00:14:00,380 --> 00:14:02,469 Hi there, my name is Henry Skerritt 123 00:14:02,470 --> 00:14:08,680 And I'm the curator of Indigenous Arts of Australia at the Kluge-Rue Aboriginal Art Collection of the University of Virginia 124 00:14:09,769 --> 00:14:15,549 Okay, so even though we're not meant to be traveling, today we want to take you on a journey to one of the most 125 00:14:16,100 --> 00:14:23,140 Spectacularly beautiful parts of the planet we're gonna head to northern Australia a place called Arnhem Land that occupies 126 00:14:23,620 --> 00:14:27,880 37,000 square miles on the northern tip of Australia, it's home to 127 00:14:28,490 --> 00:14:32,019 10,000 Aboriginal people who speak around 20 different languages 128 00:14:32,420 --> 00:14:37,659 So what we're gonna do is we're gonna go into the show and we're gonna travel from west to east and we're going to look 129 00:14:37,660 --> 00:14:45,069 At a hundred and twelve works by 55 artists some of the leading artists in Australia and they're all from this 130 00:14:45,259 --> 00:14:47,259 very special place 131 00:14:47,480 --> 00:14:49,480 Are you ready? Let's go 132 00:14:49,480 --> 00:14:51,480 [MUSIC PLAYING] 133 00:14:56,990 --> 00:15:02,380 All right, folks, did you like our little commercial break there I thought that was kind of good I think they call that 134 00:15:03,260 --> 00:15:10,749 Cross-promotional synergistic marketing with some maybe product placement in there Kluge-Rue Fralin Museum go check them out online or in person 135 00:15:11,089 --> 00:15:13,089 decided to keep the dog here too 136 00:15:13,190 --> 00:15:18,190 Hi Sandy just in case you get bored with me you can be like, well don't want to listen to that guy anymore 137 00:15:18,190 --> 00:15:20,830 But at least the dog's cute which leads me to 138 00:15:24,500 --> 00:15:29,919 Well, I don't know I don't think there's a good transition from that so I'm just gonna do a whole full stop 139 00:15:30,890 --> 00:15:32,890 our next guest 140 00:15:33,740 --> 00:15:37,750 Is not to be outdone by senator Tim Kaine last week who played the harmonica 141 00:15:38,360 --> 00:15:45,980 This is our other Senator U.S. Senator from Virginia Mark Warner with what I will call his piano opus 142 00:15:45,980 --> 00:15:47,460 Enjoy 143 00:15:55,820 --> 00:15:57,820 [BAD PIANO PLAYING] 144 00:16:07,940 --> 00:16:09,420 [REWIND SOUND FX] 145 00:16:11,840 --> 00:16:13,840 [GREAT PIANO PLAYING] 146 00:16:15,320 --> 00:16:17,320 [CROWD CHEERING] 147 00:16:33,260 --> 00:16:36,240 Senator Mark Warner everyone next stop Carnegie Hall 148 00:16:36,260 --> 00:16:41,299 Which is the typical progression once you've appeared on Arts on the Hill the digital edition folks 149 00:16:41,300 --> 00:16:42,860 It's the end of our show episode three 150 00:16:42,860 --> 00:16:43,890 we're still recording in our 151 00:16:43,890 --> 00:16:48,169 Backyards on iPhones and we want to hear from you if you like what you see if you don't like what you see you want 152 00:16:48,170 --> 00:16:52,430 To see something new write to us at uvaarts@virginia.edu 153 00:16:52,440 --> 00:16:58,400 And we're closing out the show as we always do with performances by children. Wendy Binns who is a 154 00:16:58,500 --> 00:17:04,700 class of 1997 from University of Virginia submitted this performance of her son playing the drum and may I just say 155 00:17:05,220 --> 00:17:12,410 I hope the drumbeat of the Arts during these troubling times continues to just always always beat on and 156 00:17:12,689 --> 00:17:14,540 in the case of Wendy Binn's son 157 00:17:14,540 --> 00:17:20,680 I hope it lasts, you know about a minute because if it continued on forever and ever and ever he'd probably get a little tired 158 00:17:21,280 --> 00:17:24,620 [DRUMS PLAYING] 159 00:18:11,700 --> 00:18:13,220 [DOG BARKING]