Hula Ink Publishes Videos on Poetry & Purpose
Our Videos
We call our project Poetry & Purpose, and at its heart it is a YouTube channel, but we also publish our videos (those that meet the requirements) on TikTok, Instagram and Facebook, and the project is accompanied by a dedicated newsletter on Substack and website (poetryandpurpose.life).
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Odes to Life
Our Video Platform
What is Poetry & Purpose?
We are filling it with poetry that tells us something about life; with new editions of the ancient books of wisdom for men and women who strive to achieve; and with the rantings of our resident madman Eric, on his journey to live his second and last life … well.
This is where Hula Ink publishes videos. Below you will find some samples of our videos.
Join us!
Our Video Platform
What is Poetry & Purpose?
We are filling it with poetry that tells us something about life; with new editions of the ancient books of wisdom for men and women who strive to achieve; and with the rantings of our resident madman Eric, on his journey to live his second and last life … well.
This is where Hula Ink publishes videos. Below you will find some samples of our videos.
Join us!
In English
German Poetry Today
“German Poetry Today” is an attempt to use the Internet and social media to reach the people out there who might appreciate this poetry if they can find it.
Subscribe to the Poetry & Purpose newsletter or to our YouTube channel so you won’t miss the new poems when they come out!
In English
German Poetry Today
“German Poetry Today” is an attempt to use the Internet and social media to reach the people out there who might appreciate this poetry if they can find it.
Subscribe to the Poetry & Purpose newsletter or to our YouTube channel so you won’t miss the new poems when they come out!
Query
by Hermann
Jan Ooster
Oh tell me – can you write a poem that nourishes?
Spirits 8
by Silke Andrea Schuemmer
and the talk of excorcism is only
the musings of a Sunday afternoon
The Opposite of Love
The Walther von der Vogelweide Project
When love is good, then love is love, but when love is bad, what is love?
you are the time that has no end.
you are the time I have left.
space time continuum / Hermann Jan Ooster
At least, that’s the message we hear everyday, and the more we hear it, the more we believe it. The only problem is:
It’s not true.
The world has never been better, the future never brighter, the opportunities never more plentiful. It’s just not cool to say so.
Luckily, E.T. Hansen is not cool, so he can say what no one wants to hear, but has to be said:
We live in the greatest of all possible worlds, and if you cannot see that, you will ruin your own life unnecessarily.
That is what the videos of “Odes to Life” are about.
Odes to Life
Odes to Life
At least, that’s the message we hear everyday, and the more we hear it, the more we believe it. The only problem is:
It’s not true.
The world has never been better, the future never brighter, the opportunities never more plentiful. It’s just not cool to say so.
Luckily, E.T. Hansen is not cool, so he can say what no one wants to hear, but has to be said:
We live in the greatest of all possible worlds, and if you cannot see that, you will ruin your own life unnecessarily.
That is what the videos of “Odes to Life” are about.
Ode to
Humanity is Crap
Ode to
Everyone is Better Than Me
Ode to
Activism
Odes to Life
The Thoughtfully Modernized Edition
The
Art of Worldly Wisdom
It was the world’s first truly great self-help book, and miraculously, every word is still true today.
If you are striving for success – if you want to make something great out of your own life – you need to read a chapter of this book every morning.
This is the Thoughtfully Modernized Edition – spoken on 300 short videos on YouTube.
The Thoughtfully Modernized Edition
The
Art of Worldly Wisdom
It was the world’s first truly great self-help book, and miraculously, every word is still true today.
If you are striving for success – if you want to make something great out of your own life – you need to read a chapter of this book every morning.
This is the Thoughtfully Modernized Edition – spoken on 300 short videos on YouTube.
Chapter 1
Chapter 12
Chapter 21
The Art of Worldly Wisdom
What you will get from Substack or Patreon
You will find our Substack newsletter valuable if you are:
– searching for purpose and meaning, or want to become a person capable of achieving something in life; or
– if you write or want to enhance your creativity and understanding of life through writing.
In our free section,
you will find the lessons and insights I have learned in my life and am still learning today:
– from 60 years of life as an outsider in two cultures and on two continents – as a haole in Hawaii and an Ami in Germany;
– from my quest to find purpose, meaning as spirituality, and the truth about the confused world we live in;
– from my fight with depression and life with ADHD;
– from my study of the great books and poetry of the great thinkers in history.
Our exclusive section
is for writers and those learning to write – in it, you will find:
– practical lessons on the craft of storytelling;
– tips on how to enhance your creativity and find meaning and purpose in life through writing;
– my experiences in the world of professional writing, but also as one who explores life through writing.
This exclusive content, "Writing is a Sacred Act," is available to both my Substack subscribers and my supporters on Patreon.
If you are someone who consciously thinks about their lives and the world they live in;
if you are driven by a desire to create or achieve;
if you write or are learning to write,
you will love this newsletter.
Subscribe now!
What you will get from Substack or Patreon
You will find our Substack newsletter valuable if you are:
– searching for purpose and meaning, or want to become a person capable of achieving something in life; or
– if you write or want to enhance your creativity and understanding of life through writing.
In our free section,
you will find the lessons and insights I have learned in my life and am still learning today:
– from 60 years of life as an outsider in two cultures and on two continents – as a haole in Hawaii and an Ami in Germany;
– from my quest to find purpose, meaning as spirituality, and the truth about the confused world we live in;
– from my fight with depression and life with ADHD;
– from my study of the great books and poetry of the great thinkers in history.
Our exclusive section
is for writers and those learning to write – in it, you will find:
– practical lessons on the craft of storytelling;
– tips on how to enhance your creativity and find meaning and purpose in life through writing;
– my experiences in the world of professional writing, but also as one who explores life through writing.
This exclusive content, "Writing is a Sacred Act," is available to both my Substack subscribers and my supporters on Patreon.
If you are someone who consciously thinks about their lives and the world they live in;
if you are driven by a desire to create or achieve;
if you write or are learning to write,
you will love this newsletter.
Subscribe now!