Sunday, June 24, 2007
Letting Go of God
I came across a woman called Julia Sweeney recently, and her performance of "Letting Go of God". She's very good - a bit like an American version of Sarah DeNordwall.
"Comedian and playwright Julia Sweeney performs the first 15 minutes of her 2006 solo show Letting Go of God. It begins on the morning of her seventh birthday, when Julia learns from her Catholic parents that she has reached the age of reason, capable of being judged by God. That morning she also learns another great truth, equally devastating. This sets the stage for Sweeney's freewheeling, conversational examination of her own faith."
Its really very good and comes from TED.com. In fact the whole TED website is worth putting into your feed reader. TED stands for Technology, Entertainment & Design, and brings together all sorts of people from those worlds to interact at an annual conference - plus there's a biennial conference around the world (last one has just finished and in Tanzania), and a blog. The results are posted on the site.
So do have a good look. I thoroughly recommend it if you occasionally need some good brain food, and some of the ideas would be interesting to feed into moot's work.
Another favourite of mine is Evelyn Glennie - a Scottish classical percussionist who is deaf - she hears percussion through vibration as much as sound, but has lots to say about listening that fits into the contemplative tradition that we persue.
