interesting. We got passion and warmth and humor. Very grandmotherly. I'd say the most provacative thing she said all night was that one must have Courage to live a life well and worthwhile; and that people are not born with courage, they must develop it over time and with tribulation.
The format was much the same last night as with your experience; but while she spoke and read poetry and then spoke about the meanings of the poems, she didn't rail on crime or poverty and she certainly didn't attempt to point fingers. In fact, she suggested that perhaps to better understand the differences and similarities in culture we should commit first to reject racial epithets of any kind, including those we direct at ourselves (black people using the "n-word" and etc.) in an attempt to "take them back" or own them. "Poison, P-O-I-S-O-N" she said, "in a vial marked with skull and crossed bones, will still be poison if served from bavarian crystal." The context was to be an examination her unique life, but ended up being a very well done examination of _everyone's_ unique life, and how in our lives it is important to have as well as be "rainbows in the clouds." -- will "If my life weren't funny, it would just be true; and that would just be unacceptable." - Carrie Fisher ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:206544 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
