Sunshine Sami

['Member']Joined: January 11, 2018 at 09:47Last active: January 29, 2018 at 22:34None discussions9 comments

Location: China (at the moment)

Bio

My first life is in the performing arts. My second life is in education. My third life is about to begin...

Favourite Philosopher

Pedro and Paolo Freire

Favourite Quotations

"Not there yet, om the way"
"life is happening while you're buzy packing" (John Lennon - but I am sure I've got some of the syntax wrong)

Comments

In: Are you Lonely? Isolated? Humiliated? Stressed out? Feeling worthless? Rejected? Depressed? — view comment

Is depression a momentary (or sustained) giving up of being fascinated and curious in the world around one, and a turning into oneself? Does then come...

January 14, 2018 at 02:26

In: When is an apology necessary? — view comment

I can’t think of extracts from plays right at this moment where apology has calmed an angry spirit, but they are there.

January 14, 2018 at 01:44

In: When is an apology necessary? — view comment

Yes! You mention something so important in today’s manipulative world, the idea of “worth”. Perhaps worth is more important than equality; perhaps wor...

January 14, 2018 at 01:42

In: Does Art Reflect Reality? - The Real as Surreal in "Twin Peaks: The Return" — view comment

What confuses me with discussions focused on art and reality is the parable of the mirror. Is the image really inside the mirror? In some way of cours...

January 14, 2018 at 01:36

In: We cannot make relationship with God — view comment

But if God is simultaneously inside as outside us, then, to the extent that our lives are as much having a developing relationship with ourselves (get...

January 14, 2018 at 01:26

In: When is an apology necessary? — view comment

An interesting question suggests itself from reading this conversation. Is apology one of those great equalizers cutting across status and hierarchy? ...

January 14, 2018 at 01:21

In: Beautiful Things — view comment

Apologies for delayed reply. By framed I mean we perceive beauty as some thing within borders, and by that therefore composed. In other words, we comp...

January 14, 2018 at 00:26

In: Beautiful Things — view comment

Perhaps because somehow our perception of beauty always seems to be framed, somehow we seem to need a frame.

January 12, 2018 at 06:27

In: Beautiful Things — view comment

I wonder how much a role composition plays in the way we view beauty....

January 11, 2018 at 10:03