[MD] Drama

[MarshaV]

At 10:17 AM 8/30/2006, DMB wrote:



>dmb says:
>A monastery? Its interesting that you should put it in those terms. Morris
>Berman, in his book titled THE TWILIGHT OF AMERICAN CULTURE, says that we
>are entering a dark age and describes his long-term solution to the collaspe
>of our civilization as "the monastic option". That's where small pockets of
>misfits preserve the materials of our culture until the dark age blows over.
>He doesn't mean religious practice or asceticism, just an enclave of
>culturally literate custodians.

Yes, I have daydreamed of such a community.


Marsha