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The performance of "extreme identity" is familiar to us all through the medium of television (just switch on Jerry Springer). So where does this leave the critical practice of artists who aim to make tactical, performative interventions into our notions of race, culture, and sexuality?
Guillermo Gómez-Peña has spent many years developing his unique style of performance-activism: his theatricalizations of postcolonial theory. In Ethno-Techno: Writings on performance, activism, and pedagogy, he pushes the boundaries still further, exploring what's left for artists to do in a post-9/11 repressive culture of what he calls "the mainstream bizarre."
Extensive photos document his artistic experiments. The text not only explores and confronts his political and philosophical parameters, it offers an insight into one of the most daring, innovative, and challenging performance artists of our age.
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All film jobs, says Joel Engel, "depend on the script." It remains a mystery, then, that so many in the film biz consider a script to be "little more than typing." Strangely enough, everyone, it seems, wants to be a screenwriter. In Screenwriters on Screenwriting, Engel has shaped interviews with 11 Oscar-winning screenwriters into chapterlong monologues. These writers provide companionship for the aspiring screenwriter, but their tales should appeal equally to any film lover interested in the stories behind the stories. William Goldman (All the President's Men) laments the current state of cinematic storytelling; Ron Bass describes how My Best Friend's Wedding and Rain Man evolved; Stephen Gaghan (Traffic) talks about completely revamping his work process after giving up drugs and alcohol. And Marc Norman (Shakespeare in Love) claims that his best writing "has been on the scripts I wrote as suicide notes to the industry--sort of, 'F--- you, guys, I'm outta here. This is the last script you'll ever get from me.'" --Jane Steinberg
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Screenwriting is, arguably, the most important and underrated role in Hollywood. Joel Engel brings together interviews with the best screenwriters working today, each of whom has won an Academy Award for his or her work, and each of whom shares a wealth of knowledge, insight, and experience about this little understood facet of moviemaking.
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very disappointed.......2002-05-06
While the book is useful on a superficial level, the presentation is weak, and the first-person narrtive offered by the screenwriters sounds edited and forced. Much of the material offered here sounds gleened from published interviews, rather than directly from "the horse's mouth." As a chronic collector of books on, by, and for screewriters, I was very disappointed, both in the quality of the book (cheaply produced; poor quality paper, blurred printing) and by the lack of insight promised. There are many better books out there!
good stuff here.......2002-02-08
The conversations with Alan Ball & Stephen Gaghan are especially nice, since these guys are fresh off the award show parade. I really appreciated their candor.
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The concert overtures A Midsummer Night's Dream, Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage, and The Hebrides (Fingal's Cave), conceived by Mendelssohn before the age of twenty, have ranked among the most enduring of the nineteenth-century orchestral repertoire. R. Larry Todd offers a historical, stylistic, and analytical guide to these three remarkable works. His clearly structured and accessible text is supported by a wealth of primary documents, including Mendelssohn's correspondence, memoirs of his friends, and nineteenth-century critical reviews.
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What's behind your sensation.......2000-05-04
The book is easy to follow, even for a reader like me, that is, one with little or no background in formal musical education. (I knew nothing about the sonata form, except for the name itself. But now, while listening to the Midsummer Night's Dream Overture, I can tell when the exposition part ends and the development part starts and so on.) The author meticulously demonstrates how Mendelssohn tried and succeeded in synthesizing form and content, that is, the traditional sonata form and extra-musical contents such as landscape, poetry and drama to which the composer strove to give musical expressions. I'd like to recommend this book to anybody who wants to know what's behind his or her sensation.
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A GREAT! Read!!!!!!!!!!.......2001-09-23
Despite the admitted lack of a definate setting as mentioned before this story flowed. It was very nicely paced, and had a good blend of mystery, action, and character development. This is one of the best ravenloft novels I have read thus far, easily beating any of the Strahd novels and even the Deweese Azalin books as well.
Alexi is a knight who is about to become a paladin, joining the Circle of Light, his church's highest honor when he experiences what is called the Darkening. Believing himself to be in disfavor with his god he sets out to avenge his mother's murder. Along the way he is joined by the Paladin that took his place in the Circle, a mysterious cleric, and his brother/squire.
The undead of this book consists mainly of Ghouls, but they are used effectively. This book proves you don't need a Lich or Vampire to scare the reader.
There are surprises contained within, those who live die or even become undead keep the reader ready for anything else to happen. The villain is a little too over the top type of evil SOB, but otherwise this tale was excellent!
By the way, a little spoiler here. . . . .. .Alexi IS a paldin, he is what is called a Lodestone Paladin. I won't tell you what it means, or how he came by this station. But, being that he is not your average Paladin I don't reccommend reading this book to see how a Paladin works in the Ravenloft setting.
I would love to see a sequel to this book!
Confusing Ravenloft concept.......2000-09-30
This book was very confusing in where it was set. I was never really sure that it took place in Ravenloft at all. It could just as easily have been set in any fantasy setting. To me this is what caused it to lose much of its appeal.
I bought this book for the sole purpose of seeing how a paladin would function in Ravenloft, how the mists would react to his presence, how the Lords would deal with him. None of this is ever covered. In fact, the main character never becomes a paladin.
The story was mildly interesting and the authors did have some nice plot twists, but this did not read as a Ravenloft novel.
If you're looking for a good story this worth a try. If you're looking for a good Ravenloft book, look elsewhere.
a much needed paladin.......2000-02-24
the book hooked me right from the first page. the charcters were very interesting and the situation was intriging. unfortunatly the book loses it's momentum towards the end, breaking down into alot of combat, the story seemed to be lost in one battle after another. but having said that i still enjoyed reading it and it gives some interesting ideas. if you are a fan of the ravenloft series then give this one a read.
Started strong but could have finished better.......1999-09-13
Shadowborn started extremly strong, that it had become almost impossible to put down. As the final battle between good and evil drew to its conclusion it seemed that it was just put together to really just end the book. This was one story that if you would love to see a paladin in the Ravenloft setting, it is one that should be read.
Good book.......1999-06-13
The book started out fast for the fist chapter or so and then slowed down until about the tenth chapter. The story had a lot of plot twists. It lacked any real interesting fights, but overall it was a good book.
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Forbes calls The Successful Business Plan one of the best books for small businesses. This new edition offers advice on developing business plans that will succeed in today's business climate. Includes up-to-date information on what's being funded now.
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Very helpful, though forms not fully explained........2007-09-18
On the whole, I found this book was extremely helpful in helping me to evaluate my business in a comprehensive manner and to write my first business plan.
When I sat down to do the work in this book, which was both exhausting and challenging, I found Rhonda Abrams' business-savvy voice to be a welcome companion and her tips to be more than merely an explanation of the forms, but instead to be peppered with sharp insights into how to properly evaluate the feasability of my business. This book certainly got me up-and-running to creating my business plan, which is exactly what I wanted.
My only complaint is that sometimes the forms were not fully explained in the book. For instance, there would be sections of the forms that were not addressed in the text, so I would not know how to fill them out and would have to try and guess what kind of information was being asking for. Fortunately, most of it was either pretty intuitive or explained in the text, but a new addition would certainly benefit from filling those gaps.
Excelente! Lo mejor en el rubro.......2007-07-30
Excelente libro! Luego de realizar una larga búsqueda de libros para realizar un Plan de negocio bueno éste ha sido el mejor. Contiene las pautas no sólo para construir el Plan de negocio, sino que además contiene plantillas para guiar el entendimiento del negocio. Está en inglés, pero es de fácil lectura. Aunque está orientado para empresas de EEUU, no presenta problemas para utilizarlo en otro país (Mi caso para Chile). Es muy completo y extenso, con citas de personalidades que dan tips en cada una de sus hojas. Lo mejor!
Great for building your plan.......2006-09-14
I bought this book, and then purchased the Electronic Worksheets from the publisher! They are great together, and both really helped get the plan started and crunch those vital startup numbers. The book is very well written and easy to follow!
A must if you are writing a business plan.......2006-03-24
THIS is the STANDARD.. must read before writing any serious business plan!!!
Excellent resource.......2005-02-08
While taking a Businees Plan course in my MBA course I bought this book as a guide. Needless to say, I got an A on the B Plan. This is a valuable resource and better than the other books in this catagory.
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A touching, funny memoir of growing up in St. Petersburg, Florida, in a household, school, and town of flourishing Biblical literalism
When Christine Rosen started kindergarten, her ABCs included the Apocalypse, the Bible, and Christ. At Keswick Christian School "the Bible was our textbook," God the guide, and after entering the school gates, nothing was ever quite the same again. Christine learned creation science, dreamed of becoming a missionary to exotic countries, worried about the souls of Jews and Mormons, and experienced unusual methods of sex education. With the threat of nuclear annihilation at the hands of atheistic Russians looming, she also frequently prayed for rapture.
At home, Florida life seemed happily to confirm several literal truths: the story of Moses, with its plagues that afflicted the Egyptians-from lice, to rivers of stinking dead fish, to hordes of frogs-might have been describing Christine's back yard.
My Fundamentalist Education is a brilliant, affectionate, child's-eye journey to Rosen's home, school and small town. Set in a time and place when the Living Bible outsold The Joy of Sex, during a girlhood lived as the Lord intended, among the tropical flora and fauna of Florida, its televangelists, irascible elderly, and itinerant preachers, Christine Rosen and her sister, Cathy, uncover the not always godly but surely divine secrets of a Hallelujah-ya sisterhood.
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Wonderful to read about the kind side of religion .......2007-06-20
The school that the author attends in this book reminds me of many parts of my childhood. I didn't go to a Christian school, but in our small town there were many clubs and Sunday Schools and Vacation Bible Schools and Good News Clubs and Pioneer Clubs and so on! My parents loved to get free child care and have us out of the house for a bit, so even if they didn't believe what was being taught to us, they had us attend many of these religious clubs and events. The mostly kind, mostly truly caring people at Christine's school remind me of most of the people I encountered at these clubs---true believers, who did their best to practice what they preached. In this day and age of such separation between blue states and red, believers and not, we often get distorted views of deeply religious people. Although my own beliefs waver often and are not at all fundamentalist, I, like the author, am glad to have had the experience of reading the King James Bible and meeting religious people. This book is very well written, humorous without being flip, and most of all kind. I really enjoyed reading it.
Former Keswickian says, "Ha!".......2006-07-29
When I read the St. Petersburg Times article announcing this book, I knew I had to read it. When I picked it up at my local library, I gritted my teeth, expecting to be eviscerated by a bitter cynic. Instead, what I found was a thoughtfully written piece about growing up and the influences that shape our world view. I graduated from Keswick while Christine was attending elementary school, but the biggest grin was her reference to the guys by the pickup truck with the Ayatollah sign. All those guys were my friends from my graduating class (we were seniors that year) - and I can tell you that all of them grew up - like Christine - as free thinking, contributing members of society. I guess that having a firm foundation in the bible isn't a bad place to begin your education.
The only puzzling but necessary part of the book were the name changes of the teachers and students. I was able to identify most of the people she referenced by her descriptions, including the principal and head master, but it did make for some puzzling reading at first.
My experience at Keswick was "mixed" as well, with some pretty horrific experiences, like being banned from the library and the bus my last two years at school, but also positive, like meeting my future wife and having a very weird and memorable time at school. Having boundaries is an important part of growing up - and Keswick certainly created those! What fun is it to misbehave if you don't get in trouble?
Christine puts the "FUN" back into FUNdamental education. So, as a fellow Keswickian married to another Keswickian - thank you.
Guess she missed the lesson on charity.......2006-07-13
By the middle of this book I found myself siding with Ms. Rosen's fundamentalist monsters. Why? Certainly not out of any respect for their fear-driven madness, but out of revulsion for the unrelenting snide tone of the author. Sure the stories border on the grotesque, but so does Ms. Rosen's smug self-righteousness. I'd say she has more in common with the Keswick staff than she realizes.
Remember Flannelgraph?.......2006-06-21
Christine Rosen is a research fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center and has written several excellent articles on the relationship between technology and culture for The New Atlantis. Her latest book, My Fundamentalist Education, is a memoir of her experience in a fundamentalist school which she attended through junior high. The memoir chronicles Christine's childhood travails and her attempts to understand her life by means of the fundamentalist worldview instilled in her by her teachers. All the usual childhood memories are present here, recalled with incredible detail.
Readers with a background in fundamentalism will identify with several aspects of her story. They will recall with Christine some of the excesses and foibles associated with that group. It is true, as some reviewers have noted, that much of her criticism (mild as it may be) is more aesthetic than doctrinal. It is a memoir of someone who appreciates parts of her instruction while regarding much of it as hopelessy passé. The account is affectionate, however. No stinging rebuke will be found here. It is an enjoyable book that will appeal to both ex-fundamentalists and those readers with an interest in fundamentalist education. On the whole, however, James Ault's Spirit and Flesh: Life in a Fundamentalist Baptist Church is to be preferred as a portrait of life as a fundamentalist.
Glad She Made It, I Wonder About the Others.......2006-03-26
It's kind of a wonder to me that Dr. Rosen can look back on her fundamentalist education with as much fondness as she does. This kind of an education must have been very difficult for a young child to handle. It also must have left her woefully unprepared for her later studies to get her Ph.D. in a real university.
Yet it appears that she was able to use her religious education as a starting point. As she rejected the fundamentalist teaching in areas like moral certainty she was able to broaden her outlook to better understand all people. The illogical beliefs in the Bible enabled her to explore unorthodox ideas in all fields.
I can only hope that the children being raised in other fundamentalist schools such as the Muslim schools where the only book is the Qur'ran will likewise produce people who question the idea that suicide bombing is the best way to live their short life.
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Title: God in the Details; A writer's remembrance of a Christian curriculum.(My Fundamentalist Education: A Memoir of a Divine Girlhood)(Book review)
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Ehrhart, as an 18-year-old Marine Corps volunteer, spent 13 months in-country in 1966-67, taking part in the siege of Con Thien and the battle for Hue during the Tet offensive, and earning numerous decorations.
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Wrenching voyage from innocence to ..........2004-01-29
This is one of the best books written by a combat soldier in Vietnam. You travel with Ehrhart from his home in Perkasie, PA to boot camp and then to some of the most harrowing fighting of the Vietnam War. But this isn't just another great war story. There's a personal voyage of discovery--as there is in many war stories. But this one is into a deep and broad wondering, not just about the nature of war and the feelings roused by killing and seeing death, but into a broader horror about the truth of this war. Ehrhart slowly peels back the layers of his awakening, not so much to any truth, but to a series of questions about his own gullibility (perfectly understandable) and a nation's gullibility. The truth as it is revealed seems too simple to Ehrhart; the twisting of honorable intentions too obvious. But if he get's it, many of those he faces upon his return do not. What to do? Write about the simple yet profound truths he found in Vietnam, and keep writing about them since the follow-up books are very moving and affecting portraits of a man being honest about himself, and in the process divulging powerful insights about our nation. The personal in this case makes big points about who are all are as Americans. Can't recommend his writing highly enough.
The Cost of War.......2002-01-30
In this story, Ehrhart beautifully tells of the I Corp Marine's experience in '67-68. The cost, both physically and spiritually,to the soldier has to my mind never seemed so true. Can the innocence and ignorance, if indeed they are different things, last in the face of the reality of war's warped and mishapen environment? What happens to the soldier when faced with his own ignorance and the evils of war, for which he is in many ways responsible? The tension between the two different Ehrharts in the book lies in the attempt to justify his actions in Viet Nam to himself, and if nothing else, to find some comfort even from outside himself. He is both proud and disgusted (I wish I had a stronger word here) by his "accomplishments" in Viet Nam. Where do we find ourselves when the conflict is over? The answer is perhaps nowhere, perhaps in the shower. (You must read the book to understand my last statement):)
Simply AMAZING.......2001-07-19
Was required reading in a class I took about the Vietnam War. Reading this memoir rapidly went from a school assignment chore to pleasure. I read the next two books in the series the following summer. Ehrhart exposes his inner self on the page to the point where it can actually be somewhat difficult to read. He gave a lecture to our class at the end of the semester, and it was quite moving. Do check it out.
The best book about the Vietnam war.......2000-03-13
The Vietnam war, what was it like for a combat marine? Read this book and its sequel to find out. Mr. Ehrhart is a gifted storyteller. His story is unique. It's amazing how little it is referred to in bibliographies.
A TRUE MASTERPIECE.......1999-11-17
A wonderful memoir of a U.S. Marine in Vietnam---Semper F
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A richly documented, controversial history of the welfare state.... --Publishers Weekly
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Revisiting the Biblical Basis for Helping the Poor.......2007-10-03
Long before Bush borrowed the term `compassionate conservatism" from Marvin Olasky, his book, The Tragedy of American Compassion, had an influence on Congress's reshaping of welfare in the 1990's. The very policies that Olasky praises in 19th century Christian relief efforts -- cutting cash relief, requiring work in exchange for aid and privatizing service provision - are exactly what we did in remaking welfare.
The book has been challenged by secularists, who object to Olasky's tack of replacing sound public policy evidence and analysis with sentimental evangelical pieties. But the book's premises have not been challenged from within a biblically-centered world view, and that's what I want to do here.
One of the biblical verses that Olasky quotes, following the example of Jesus, who also alludes to it in the story of his anointing with costly unguents, is Deuteronomy 15: 11: "For there will never cease to be needy ones in your land." Already at the time of Jesus, this verse was interpreted to spur the Jewish community to eliminate poverty. "As long as you do the will of God, poor people may live among others (i.e. other nations who have not been commanded to do God's will), but they will not be among you." In other words, poverty can be eliminated if everyone in a Bible-revering culture works at it. This is in line with the start of the Deuteronomy passage, which reads, "There shall be no needy among you" (v. 4).
This comment from Sifre, the most ancient rabbinic commentary on the Torah, reminds us that at the root of recommended biblical practice toward the poor is the concept of justice, one which is entirely overlooked by Olasky in his searching for a biblical basis for public policy. For example, Jewish farmers were commanded to leave the corners of their fields untilled for the poor to harvest and to let poor people come and glean from their olive groves and vineyards. Why? Because it is right and just to share God's bounty, because the land (and our resources that derive from it) belongs to God. They were commanded by God to do so and Jews continue to have this view of giving and advocacy rooted in justice, whether or not they are temperamentally suited to go into shelters to preach religion to the poor, as Olasky would have us do.
While an individual can act compassionately, only a whole people, acting in concert through their legislature and courts, can bring justice. Conservatives like Olasky are fond of one-on-one causation ("I reach out to this poor person, and he picks himself up by his boot straps.") This allows them to avoid looking at the economic system in which such individuals have fallen through the cracks in the first place - a system unfortunately characterized by extremes of wealth and poverty and by the lack of living wage jobs and decent affordable housing. Such real-world concerns are outside of Olasky's ken. While the Hebrew Bible isindeed interested in individual acts of compassion, such as Abraham's ministering to three wayfarers who turn out to be angels, it is far more interested in collective acts of justice, which can raise all of us toward the angelic level.
I've been volunteering with homeless families for the last sixteen years in a faith-based setting. While we've helped many families move on to solid lives, there continue to be more needy every year. This has brought me to my current work in Mercer County, NJ, the Mercer Alliance To End Homelessness. We must, we can, we will eliminate homelessness, but Olasky's roadmap won't get us there.
A History of Compassion .......2007-05-28
Marvin Olasky's book, The Tragedy of American Compassion, is a compelling history of the social welfare state we have created in today's America. Olasky sets the tone for the book in chapter one when he says that in colonial times generosity was not a word associated with money, rather with nobility of character, gentleness and humility. Our earliest models for helping the poor had more to do with the giving of time, not treasure. This was in Olasky's words, true American Compassion.
Olasky deals historically with the ways Americans have through the years dealt with the poorest of society. He seems to like the concept of "getting personal with the poor." He reminds us that they are in need of more than money. Money often only makes the problem more visible.
In Chapter 13 Olasky speaks of applying history to today's problems. He says that in the 18th century American were claiming the wilderness. In the 19th century they were waging war on the wilderness. The 20th century was expected to be a time of Christianizing the wilderness, and perhaps it started out that way. However, many of our best efforts have only served to build cities that are a different kind of wilderness.
While Olasky does not really say where he thinks we are going in the 21st century, we see that the work will be done in a different kind of wilderness fraught with it's own types of dangers. Perhaps his real warning to us is found in his closing words, "Most of the twentieth-century schemes, based on having someone else take action, are proven failures. It's time to learn warm hearts and hard hearts of earlier times, and to bring that understanding into our own lives." Even a casual reading of this book will allow one to see it has influenced our current President as he speaks of being a "Compassionate Conservativce" and his push to promote Fatih-based programs.
Whatever your position or profession, or vocation in life this is an important book. As some one else has said, "You are either part of the problem, or part of the solution". Olasky has presented a strong argument to encourage us all to seek ways to be "part of the solution." Read this book, and let your own emotions and humanity encourage you to seek o make your own community better, more compassionate, and in the end more helpful.
Two Uncomfortable Truths.......2007-05-01
In his book The Tragedy of American Compassion, Marvin Olasky confronts us with two uncomfortable truths. The first truth is one that many sense intuitively, but are afraid to speak. That truth is that for all of our good intentions government entitlements have created much of the generational poverty and welfare dependence. Beginning by making a distinction between poverty (a situation where one is without resources) and pauperism (a situation where one is without resources and unwilling help ones self) he illuminates how the shift from private to public welfare created entitlements. Entitlements, by definition, cannot demand the recipient assume any personal responsibility for their condition or its relief. Consequently, what is intended as compassion becomes slavery.
The second uncomfortable truth is that the shift from private to public funding of benevolent work has allowed the individual members of the church to avoid contact with the poor, depriving the poor role models and the church of the blessing of serving the poor as demanded by Christ.
Olasky's solution is for the government to support private charities and let them serve the poor. Private charities can discriminate between the poor and the paupers where the government cannot. Written in 1992 this book became the blueprint for compassionate conservatism and the Faith Based Initiatives of the Bush administration.
While those on the left may take issue with some of Olasky's views, they can be instructed by the history and improve their effectiveness by listening. I recommend the book to anyone who is interested in genuinely helping the poor.
People Help People.......2007-04-16
In The Tradition of American Compassion, Marvin Olasky takes the reader through a history of the United States, showing the changes in ways that compassion has been show to the underclass. Through this historical study of American compassion, Olasky provides two significant insights. First, the problem of poverty in the United States is being escalated by systems of dependency and apathy. Easy handouts do nothing to break cycles of poverty.
The second insight is that the solution to these problems is to return to the understandings of compassion of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. This includes providing assistance to those in need only when their family systems could not provide assistance, avoiding dependency by only giving in small quantities to meet immediate needs, requiring that all who are able work to meet their own needs, and understanding that compassion sometimes requires withholding assistance.
Olasky shows how the needs of people are best met by other people and not by government bureaucracies. A helpful read for anyone concerned about the tremendous needs of the poor in the United States.
The Heart of the Matter.......2007-04-16
One does not necessarily have to buy into every one of Olasky's political presuppositions in order to seriously consider the crucial question of this book. The question is: "Are we offering . . . our lives?" (233). Are we willing to give of ourselves and not just out of our overflow? Are we not only willing to practice compassion (to "suffer with") the suffering in our society -- but are we actually living as compassionate people?
These are important questions. Whether government-sponsored welfare is seen as an abysmal failure or a raving success, or a mixture of the two, there is no harm in each of us seriously asking ourselves: What about me? What am I doing with who I am and what I have to help my neighbor? Olasky provides plenty of stories that show us what "suffering-with" compassion has looked like in the past. Stories have a way of getting inside our heads -- and sometimes even changing our hearts, our perspectives, our ways of being and doing.
The story of American compassion is still being written. I have a part to play in that story. Each of of does. As for me, I want to be able to look back over the course of my life and say that I truly gave of myself. Not in a do-gooder fashion. Not driven by guilt or pride. And not with the near-sighted belief that individual compassion is all that is needed. No, I fully realize that society-at-large must tackle the problems and rise to the opportunities of society. Yet I cannot help but think that as individuals and families, organizations and communities, begin, more and more, to give of themselves, to suffer-with, and to personally and compassionately treat people the way they want to be treated, that we will see a change for the better in our society.
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Beyond the Boundaries: American Alternative Theatre (Theater: Theory/Text/ Performance)
Avant-Garde Performance
