[MD] Art and Stories

[MarshaV]

On Jun 3, 2010, at 10:34 AM, Steven Peterson wrote:

> Hi Marsha,
> 
> 
>> I don't know if listening is the same as reading, but I downloaded
>> 'Beatrice and Virgil' and listened to the first chapter, which of course
>> contains your quote.
> 
> Steve:
> That's how I "read" it.
> 
> Marsha:
>> You know for me, truth is relative.  Fiction
>> or non-fiction, it's all story to me.  That is not to demean the story,
>> quite the opposite, life is like a fantastic kaleidoscope of story-telling.
>> I suppose I'm not the person to engage in an intelligent discussion
>> concerning what is real, fiction or true.   I enjoy hearing Martel
>> questioning such assumptions, but they have already become
>> water over the dam for me.
> 
> Steve:
> I wonder if you would become more interested in the truth if you were
> on trial for a crime you didn't commit...or did you? Is it all just
> relative?

Hi Steve,

I am quite sure I would be more interested in truth relative to my 
experience, but that doesn't change my understanding of truth as 
relative.  In a jury trial, "truth" is relative to all sorts of evidence, and 
is ultimately relative to the 'opinion' of the jurors.  

  
Marsha  


 
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