We assume a role not only in the immediate social context but also, coming into it, based on everything in our lives which has come before. From the circumstances of birth down to the “choice” of attire, we bring who we think we are more broadly to each and every social interaction. We bring thisContinue reading “WHAT HAS “IDENTITY” GOT TO DO WITH “US”?”
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The Immorality of Distinction in Human Relationships
In The Pianist, the artist as an exceptional individual stands passively defiant to the lie of the antagonists. His very existence challenges the Big Lie of the Nazis. He is the greatest pianist in the world, a Jew, a member of the outcast and inferior group. Similarly, Polanski himself feels this way about his ownContinue reading “The Immorality of Distinction in Human Relationships”
I Dwell In Possibility 