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October 30, 2006
Fear kills--but first it makes you paralyzed, fettered and dumb.
A celestial character played by actor Rip Torn in the 1991 Albert Brooks movie Defending Your Life referred to earth-bound humans as "little-brains"--because their fear and inability to seize moments and take risks rendered them immobilized, self-imprisoned and "dumb". So, in the movie, humans couldn't learn anything, get anything done, have new and better relationships, grow and be happy. The Stage Manager in the Thornton Wilder play Our Town makes similar comments about the lives of the town's people. And now see Nathan Burke's new post "Fear and Good Enough" at his lawfirmblogging.com.
Posted by JD Hull at October 30, 2006 03:59 AM