A friend of mine in grad school, a cellist, was close to graduation when his teacher suddenly died. “What am I going to do?” he asked me. “There is nobody to help me get started in my career!” I remember being shocked at his selfishness, seeing someone else’s death only as an impediment to his own success. I mentally chided him for ignoring the man who had died, and his family. Two years … [Read more...]
Lawrence Dillon: Connecting the Dots
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