“Mark Peres has woven together a tapestry of stories about individuals who approach life and leadership in fascinatingly different and colorful ways.”
— Michael Marsicano, president & CEO, Foundation For The Carolinas
On Life and Meaning: 100 Essays Inspired by 100 Guests profiles the 100 guests who I interviewed on the On Life and Meaning podcast. My guests were artists, writers, philosophers, civic leaders, innovators and creators. At the end of each episode I shared personal remarks inspired by each guest. The book collects those remarks. They are in the form of narrative essays and in one case a poem. The essays reflect on the work and lives of my guests and on art, music, philosophy, business, law, education, faith, sport, and city life. They help tell my guests’ stories and my own.
Among the 100 essays, here are a few titles:
Excavating and Clarifying What is True
The Most Silent Hour of the Night
Existential Choice and Formation
Wrestling the Angel
Black Mirrors and Frumious Bandersnatches
Leo Tolstoy and the Blues
The Disquieting Muses of the Space-Time Continuum
Seeing Fully What We Now See Only in Part
The book is for readers who are interested in the stories of other people and in the big questions of life. My hope is that the book inspires readers to more fully examine their own lives and to connect with other people in new and meaningful ways. We want the true, the beautiful, and the good. We want a world in which we can flourish. We can make more of this life when we reveal our essential selves.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Foreword by Rick Thurmond
Preface
100 Essays Inspired by 100 Guests
Final Thoughts
Acknowledgements
About the Author