Now. If I can just get the streaks in my hair like that. Watch out 21st century world!
Here is another good article on Susan Sontag.
Yes, yes, she was nothing like the Dali Lama... or maybe she was. Deeply passionate, thoughtful and yet detached. She intellectually, he spiritually. Both caring to the depths of their core for their causes and yet able to move through life making small connections to their "public" and making waves (cringe - sorry, the Tsunami occupies my subconscious too I suppose.)
I like to imagine strong personal ties to their friends and families, and am uplifted by their willingness to go against the flow, and to flow with it at the same time.
Ah yes, it's their paradoxical natures I love. Strength in gentleness. Peaceful passion.
Happy New Year.
v
p.s. Here is a wonderful speech by Sontag. Thoughtful, provoking. I love what she says about literature and writers.
Posted by Vicki at December 29, 2004 05:38 PM