Started out talking about social justice with 25 plus students at 7 AM in the city & it was enlightening...issues about abuse of power, fairness and value of education, of particular jobs..this next generation gives pause in their ideals, and their aspirations to make things better...and, yes, it does sound familiar. The familiarity of 1968, 1969 and the days of lazy haze and very grandiose ideas.
Reading, Eric Erikson, Gandhi..non-violent resistence, social justice again...the theme, the thread of an idea all day..
Readings by Rebecca Brown and the nostalgia, the energy of the day, the lectures, the readings and the discussion with very young students resonates in Rebecca's work, her words and her pull on dreams gone by....poignant!
Exhausting, bone-weary but very glad for the day, the discussions, the edgy-ness of the next generation, the ones that I am privileged to exchange ideas with and share my perceptions. Perpceptions of my own youth, and their youth and the connections and cycles....they are all good.
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