Often times the games children play or even imagine will remain with them for a lifetime. There was always the countless search for playful conquest during the wars, requiring challenging efforts, ruthlessly on display in schoolyards—not only countrywide but by kids all over the world—one of which was “Rock, Paper, Scissors”.
What brought this to mind is my most recent re-read of “The Art of Acting”, a re-edited version having to do with one of the most gifted and astounding, female acting teachers, who had gifted the stage by and with her presence. Stella Adler is considered by many to be one of the top ten acting teachers of all time, in the world.
It’s certainly far too long ago for me to recall or recapture the very first instance when I felt the totality of complete aloneness. No one there, except me, I thought. As the story goes, as I choose to tell it, I wasn’t alone at all. Many years have gone by while competing to see how fast time, mine, is capable of flying by.
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