Pico Iyer: Living with Silence

Presentation, Reception & Book Signing
Wednesday, Oct. 8, 4:30 pm
Chang Hou Hall, Science Center 101

Pico Iyer’s writing and speaking slows the pace of our ever more frenzied lives. He encourages us to find a space for silence from which we can better understand how best to act in the world. His most recent book, Aflame, is a beautiful meditation on over 30 years of retreats at a Benedictine monastery. Iyer first visited the monastery after his house burned down in a wildfire and he lost all of his material possessions.