The self is made, not given
“The self is made, not given” Barbara Myerhoff
“The self is made, not given” Barbara Myerhoff
“[Ritual] dwells in an invisible reality and gives this reality a vocabulary, props, costume, gesture, scenery. Ritual makes things separate, sets them apart from ordinary … Read More
“The best lives and stories are made up of minute particulars that somehow are also universal and of use to others as well as oneself.” … Read More
“All rituals are paradoxical and dangerous enterprises, the traditional and improvised, the sacred and the secular. Paradoxical because rituals are conspicuously artificial and theatrical, yet … Read More