The Heart Aroused: Poetry and the Preservation of the Soul in Corporate America

"The Heart Aroused is truly extraordinary. It brings a poet's ever-deepening imagination to the world of business and work. It steadies us, gives us grounding, and offers profound images for locating our work deep in the soul. The very style of the book presents a new dimension of language and reflection, with a contemplative tempo, that could help us radically and fruitfully reimagine the workplace."-Thomas Moore, author of Care of the Soul and Soul Mates"David Whyte's images resonate to the core. As a poet who has taken his work into the corporate world, he pioneers a vision that is at once practical and illuminating."-Marion Woodman, Jungian analyst and author of Leaving My Father's House"With this insightful book, David Whyte offers people in corporate life an opportunity to reach into the forgotten and ignored creative life… and literally water their souls with it. The result is a… book that can truly heal."-Clarissa Pinkola Estés, Ph.D., author of Women Who Run with the Wolves--This text refers to the Paperbackedition.