Human Being
This past weekend we celebrated the second half of the Jewish New Year. A little more challenging than the first part which is all about a sweet upcoming year, the second part is about atonement and reflecting on the person you’ve been in the past year and who you’d like to be in the coming year.
One holiday wouldn’t make much sense without the other, and there are things about both that I really enjoy. What I like most is that it’s a time specifically earmarked for reflection individually and as a community, as it’s so easy to stumble through our days without giving the “bigger picture” a second thought. We get so caught up in doing all the time, that we sometimes forget about being… and what it is to be human, and even humane.
That’s part of why I like theatre so much. It is a time earmarked specifically for us to get off the hamster wheel of life, where errands and obligations are magically suspended in the air as we, as individuals and as a community, take time to reflect on the human condition, and be entertained while we’re at it.
–Sue
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