Length47m
About this audiobook
The Wind and the Shared Sun is a Poetic Cinema journey through the invisible power of words and the unshakable value of human life. In the Concrete Garden, labels ride the wind, stereotypes shape expectations, jokes land differently, and flowers discover how language can influence the way they see themselves and one another. Then the Shared Sun rises, challenging the Garden to separate human worth from ability, achievement, opportunity, behavior, and circumstance. Through humor, symbolism, cinematic storytelling, and emotional intelligence, Vernon Snell explores a powerful idea: people can be different without being worth differently.
Words shape the air. Shadows change the ground. Human worth remains.
Audiobook details
GenrePoetry, Psychology
Length47 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateSep 27, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1THE WIND AND THE SHARED SUN
2Poetic Cinema Studios.
3Walls. Water. Soil. Shade.
4Welcome back to the Concrete Garden.
5Nicknames.
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6A joke.
7CINEMATIC INTERLUDE THE JOKE THAT CHANGED ROOMS
8"Same words. Different room."
9GARDEN REFLECTION INTENT AND IMPACT
10"Nothing," Clover said.
11CINEMATIC INTERLUDE THE LABEL MAKER
12"They never..."
13The Garden laughed.
14"Method. Evidence. Definitions. Context. Uncertainty. And remembering that a statistic
15CINEMATIC INTERLUDE THE THREE FLOWERS
16"Excellent."
17Group-level information and individual judgment operate at different levels.
18CHAPTER FOUR SPEAKING AGAINST THE WIND
19Then Iris added:
20answer.
21CINEMATIC INTERLUDE THE QUIET DAY
22Individual interpretation matters.
23A mistake.
24individual as destiny.
25“Exactly,” Iris said.
26Jungle.
27Worth.
28Just light.
29Twisted.
30opportunity, behavior, and countless other traits.
31CHAPTER TWO THE EXPERIMENT
32The tall Sunflower caught direct light first.
33CINEMATIC INTERLUDE THE SHADOW MAP
34GARDEN REFLECTION METAPHOR IS NOT EVIDENCE
35"Light."
36Sometimes harmful.
37CINEMATIC INTERLUDE THE TALL FLOWER'S DILEMMA
38By midday, the Garden glowed.
39Dependence.
40CINEMATIC INTERLUDE THE BROKEN TROPHY
41The Garden laughed.
42CHAPTER FIVE LIVING IN SHARED LIGHT
43Habits.
44"So much for the Shared Sun."
45Worth.
46Past.
47Study it.
48worth?
49LIGHT - opportunity or access in the story's metaphor.
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