Like those who say of themselves “I was born to sing” or “I was born to dance,” speaking of an innate desire or ability, I can say of this work that I was born to do it. My reponse to race has remained consistent though only recently have I come to understand why. This fascination began […]
Thomas Merton (1915-1968), a Trappist monk and the author of more than seventy books wrote: “The life of the exterior man is a life of automatism, of unconsciously dictated thought and action, of mechanical conformity to the standards and prejudices of those around us– or, for that matter, of mechanical and compulsive revolt against them. For […]