“Remember,” Bryan Doerries likes to say in both physical and virtual gatherings, “you are not alone in this room — and you are not alone across time.” With his public health project, Theater of War, he is activating an old alchemy for our young century. Ancient stories, and texts that have stood the test of time, can be portals to honest and dignified grappling with present wounds and longings and callings that we aren’t able to muster in our official places now. It’s an embodiment of the good Greek word catharsis — releasing both insight and emotions that have had no place to go, and creating an energizing relief. And it is now unfolding in the “amphitheater” of Zoom that Sophocles could not have imagined.
(from a transcript of an interview with Bryan Doerries, from the On Being archives under the topic of "Creative Life." I listened to the edited version previously and have now listened to the nearly 120-minute unedited version. I listen while doing my yoga practice because I am unable to sit still and listen to anything of any length unless I am driving long distances.)
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Thank you to Colette for her thoughtful comment on my previous post:
I think if done with real meaning and intent, telling someone you are sorry when apologizing also involves distress and grief. I have apologized feeling intense distress and regret at times.
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Thank you to 37paddington for her kind comment on my previous post. I don't think of myself as an angel, but I know for sure that the three children are angels to me, carrying their message of love and hope and joy from South Sudan.
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And now for the reruns:
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