“It appears life is not so simple, that we are in touch with our neighbors, and that to ignore their suffering in some way fundamentally compromises our own well being and certainly our ability to be authentic. For if we remain silent when another is abused, we become in some terrible way complicit. Our relations with others take on a surface quality, and we are constrained form talking about what is real. Only in stepping forward can we be authentic and avoid becoming alienated from others, our work, and ourselves. And it is only in being authentic, in acting, that we can find genuine connection with each other. The relationship between acting and love is…an affirmation of the connections among us all that are so endangered in a world dominated by corporate values.” (175)— From Casino Women, by Susan Chandler and Jill B. Jones
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