Yesterday afternoon I went to see "The Soloist" with two friends. They didn't really get it. I did. I grew up with my mom telling me stories about the mentally ill patients she worked with at Kino hospital when she was a psychiatric nurse. These were the same stories reflected in the movie. It probably helped that I watched the TV special about Ayers and Lopez prior to watching the movie. Mental illness scares me, because of the control that it takes away from its vicitims. All in all, I wish people would have more compassion for the mentally ill, the homeless, and the gifted. They may not be people that can be easily related to, but they're people.
See "The Soloist" or read it, or both!
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Wow- that looks amazing! I just watched the trailer. I will definitely see that. I love the way the trailer shows how when you are so deeply connected to someone through friendship you begin to really fight for their needs. I totally agree in the fact that we aren't loving the mentally ill enough. I think so many of us are scared of them and think they don't have much to offer because they seem so aloof sometimes. But I think if we stepped out of fear and into love we would find deep friendships and learn the value of fighting for people.
Thanks so much for posting about this movie!
oh and I think we would see how much they have to offer us too. You should read Henri Nouwen's book, Lifesigns.
I'll look into getting that book. I have a lot I want to read this summer! The Soloist, and I need to finish the book I started about Thomas Jefferson, and I want to read "The Last Lecture", and now Lifesigns. Whew! That's a lot. I guess I'll just dance, read, and play my flute all summer long. It's the only time of the year I have time to be my artsy-fartsy self :)
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