March 28, 2001

we won't even know that we miss it

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In this photo, Amy was able to capture some of the deer that visit us to eat the feed and hay she faithfully places outside every evening.  You can see the many trails in the snow created by the deer as they travel to and from our cottage.  The Marquette Mining Journal has already published an article warning about the hardships the U.P. deer herd is facing due to the heavy snowfall this winter.

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The following excerpt is from an interview with Liv Ullmann, actress and director, conducted by Stephan Cox for Salon.Com on March 28, 2001. 

Q: We don't take time to discuss things much as a culture, do we? 

A: No. And it's good to take time to have real conversation. We miss it. We need it. And soon, we won't even know that we miss it. We will have forgotten that we used to have something called conversation. 

Q: Today's media seem to be moving away from that. 

A: In a very dangerous fashion. And it goes quickly. It goes so quickly that, the truth is, we might forget. When our old people die, there may be no remembrance anymore of what is a conversation between two people, and what it means to listen in a conversation and want to be a part of it. 

Q: Why do you suppose conversation suffers? 

A: We're so scared. We're so lonely. We feel so on the outside, so it's easier to sit in front of something and just let that thing say things to you. And the quicker the better, so it won't be found out that you need somebody watching you, listening to you, liking what you say and what you are.

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