Update?
Here is what I got so far ...
Here is what I got so far ...
This captivating book was a great last read. It seemed to bring together many of the ideas and veiled assumptions we both discussed and confronted throughout our weeks in the class.
So what do you want it is the end of the century, oops semester, I can't even think about Tuesday anymore it seems that far away.
heres a link to the 801 blog I commented onhttp://blogs.qc.cuny.edu/blogs/0907N_0276/011/
Why do I think this link is incorrectly linked?
The blog dealt with AD and consent.
Well what's it gonna be? As I mentioned in class, I am working on a short story that is about 5500 words long at present. I have drafted this a few times and the length seems to stay more or less the same, which is interesting to me though I can't say exactly why! It deals with a bright child who gets attacked and is damaged, partially paralyzed though his mind is little if at all damaged. At times, I have played with the idea that the attack actually help his intellectual functioning.
It takes place in the early seventies in a fairly working class immigrant neighborhood. I have not specifically defined what medically is happening which I think I need to research and focus on care from that time and what might be done for rehab, or the lack of it.
One of the big questions I have is how to promote forgiveness despite violence toward oneself, this has become a type of theme for the piece, though some folk have difficulty with the idea.
As per our class subject, how is core consciousness retained and expanded in the face of adversity and disability?
That's what I got so far
Have a good Thanksgiving if you read this before and hope it was good and thankful if you are reading it afterwards.
The rain has started in Astoria. I guess I can't take any meditative walks now. Better get to my writing.
Thanks
John