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[MarshaV]

Greetings John,    

I have chosen to read the shooting script for American Beauty.  
What a surprise.  Less than a hundred pages, much of it scene 
setup and white space.  The DVD series 'THE DIALOGUE: screen 
writer' has been so interesting I felt compelled to read a script for 
myself.   One can find libraries that have available the series from 
initial script to final shooting script.  I'd love to read a set.   

Compelled by a multitude of causes and conditions, including a
strong curiosity.   Some people generalize when they need to, 
but prefer to leave experience open whenever possible. Others 
are quick to make a judgement and seem to need strict order.   
And, of course, there are all variations thereof.  Nature?  Nurture? 
Habit.?  Evolution? Pattern described as a tendency?  Add an 
adjective...  

	My name is Lester  Burnham.  This is my 
	neighborhood. This is my street.  This ... 
	is my life.  I'm forty-two years old.  In 
	less than a year, I'll be dead.

Patterns are interesting.  The MoQ is seriously interesting.  
Mr. Pirsig is a genius.   IM - not so - HO...   

I still don't know much about suffering.   

Yours, 

Marsha 



On Jun 17, 2011, at 11:42 AM, John Carl wrote:

> Very true, Marsha.  There are all kinds of suffering.  People will put up
> with a lot of physical suffering (exercise and dieting) to avoid mental
> suffering for being fat and sexually rejected - for just one instance.
> So... it seems that choosing one's suffering (freedom of choice)  is the
> key to happiness (non- suffering).  By excercising our choices, we detach
> from our suffering.  Does that make sense?
> 
> Yours,
> 
> John
> 
> On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 10:58 PM, MarshaV <valkyr at att.net> wrote:
> 
>> 
>> John,
>> 
>> We suffer, or we accept the difficulties, or we overcome them, or we wait
>> until
>> they pass.  I'm not so sure one can make such an easy, generalized
>> statement
>> when it comes to suffering.  There's all kinds of suffering.
>> 
>> 
>> Marsha
> 



 
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