there are movies that really stun you and change you. or at least, you watch them & hope you'll be changed. the diving bell & the butterfly was that way for me. docudrama about a man who has a stroke that renders him paralyzed & unable to speak. he learns to communicate through a blinking system. speech therapist calls out letters, beginning with the most commonly used, & he responds by blinking when she says the letter he wants. a painstaking process.main character jean-dominique bauby made a crucial decision post- stroke. he came to a point where, after wrestling with his new/vast limitations, he reflected on what he did have left: his memory & his imagination. and the ability to blink his way toward sharing that with people.
interspersed with scenes where his memoir's being transcribed are powerful interactions between bauby & his dying father. and then between bauby & his own kids. interactions that prompted him to reflect on the father need in all of us. good lines that i won't spoil! watch it. absorb it. love it. start with this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G69Zh7YIg8c
WOW sounds great! I would love to see it. I see you are immersing yourself into the world of disability more and more and this I see is a conscious effort to draw closer and closer to us. I see that you are doing this on purpose to relate to us more and compassion is happening and I appreciate it. I thank you for that very much!
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