Morr Mazal Barton writes this beautiful essay about her mother and what it means to be yourself. "She believed in staying true to who you are today for the simple fact that you may not have tomorrow." Picture above is of me (Suzanne) and my mother (Esther), many moons ago. http://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-life-and-religion/193357/nothing-like-a-mother
"We would rather murder the world than permit it to expose us to change" Stanley Cavell, The Avoidance of Love Looseness of interaction. Not forcing the beauty. Accepting others for huge lifestreams they bring. Putting in the time, doing the work, but not in fear of some amorphous arbiter. Work on reality of each moment/section. Link depth and complexity of exercises to what we will ultimately present. In a way, it should be easy to avoid bullshit performances by avoiding fakery in ourselves. And in our dealings with each other. But it's hard cos we get caught up in result and resulting judgement. Be ok with presenting our search. The rawness of that. Because it's always a search
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