"Delay is natural to a writer. He is like a surfer—he bides his time. Waits for the perfect wave on which to ride in. He waits for the surge (of emotion? of strength? of courage?) that will carry him along." (E.B. White, The Paris Review Interviews, 1969)
Does this civic engagement work if the Papa character in the story does not agree on fundamentals with Bitch PhD? How do we reach across intellectual and and cultural divides?
I think it not only works, it is NECESSARY. The illusion of a disembodied "agreement" is that it means nothing outside of the rituals and practices of democracy. The blackening of the ovals, pulling of the levers, or touching of touch screens is an important interaction, but only one of many, many, many that must be lived and repeated in hair salons, union halls, homes, tennis clubs, sidewalks, auto mechanic shops, etc.
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Does this civic engagement work if the Papa character in the story does not agree on fundamentals with Bitch PhD? How do we reach across intellectual and and cultural divides?
I think it not only works, it is NECESSARY. The illusion of a disembodied "agreement" is that it means nothing outside of the rituals and practices of democracy. The blackening of the ovals, pulling of the levers, or touching of touch screens is an important interaction, but only one of many, many, many that must be lived and repeated in hair salons, union halls, homes, tennis clubs, sidewalks, auto mechanic shops, etc.
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