I wanted to add that, once again, I recommend to you, Henry Adams's The Education of Henry Adams, because he too lived in a time when the paradigm of "relations," international and internal, had begun to change radically, one world ending and another, even more brutal, emerging. He had to construct a voice that spoke from and about that change.
This was very, very enlightening, Van. Thank you! And compelling. Because of your voice.
I highlight "voice" because, while I know what you have to say is difficult to hear, I nevertheless felt elevated and strengthened by the sound of that voice, your voice.
"Voice"— That mysterious illusion we create on the basis of words used in certain persuasive, captivating ways (yet not an illusion but an imagined reality) seems to me a critical term to suggest the best means we have to present the urgency of our times. Yours is powerful. I'm sure everyone who read this post "heard" it. I urge you to write your memoir so that that voice is given its full freedom. You will have readers, for your voice will draw them. I'm certain of it.
Bracing but true. 🫠😮💨
I wanted to add that, once again, I recommend to you, Henry Adams's The Education of Henry Adams, because he too lived in a time when the paradigm of "relations," international and internal, had begun to change radically, one world ending and another, even more brutal, emerging. He had to construct a voice that spoke from and about that change.
This was very, very enlightening, Van. Thank you! And compelling. Because of your voice.
I highlight "voice" because, while I know what you have to say is difficult to hear, I nevertheless felt elevated and strengthened by the sound of that voice, your voice.
"Voice"— That mysterious illusion we create on the basis of words used in certain persuasive, captivating ways (yet not an illusion but an imagined reality) seems to me a critical term to suggest the best means we have to present the urgency of our times. Yours is powerful. I'm sure everyone who read this post "heard" it. I urge you to write your memoir so that that voice is given its full freedom. You will have readers, for your voice will draw them. I'm certain of it.