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To: Rambi who wrote (105666)	3/8/2009 11:51:31 AM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541582

I think most writers- well the good ones- understand the great connectedness in human life (as well as all life, really) life and death, the getting of progeny- that's not even really a human thing. It's the recognition that our lives our finite, and the history we are able to carry with us, that makes these truths so poignant to us. Death isn't really all that sad if you don't know it's coming for you. It's living with the knowledge that it's coming for you that makes life so bittersweet (more for some than for others) and makes suicide so very ironic. We are historical creatures- whether we realize it or not. We live in the shadow of the stories we tell about our religions, and our ancestors, and ourselves- and we do that all over the world. I think if we are lucky, we think about these truths. My husband and I were just talking about them (yes! we really were!) last night. I always say it's the intangible things in life that mean the most to me- the love I have for my family and friends, the good I do for my students, the connections I make with other people, the things in the world I notice and enjoy. I think all the art that I love brings that home to me- like Our Town.