Wednesday, February 17, 2010
WHEN I AM WRITING MY PROBLEMS BECOME INVISIBLE AND I AM THE SAME PERSON I ALWAYS WAS. ALL IS WELL. I AM AS I SHOULD BE: Esquire's Chris Jones has a heartbreaking, yet inspiring profile of Roger Ebert, today. When combined with Ebert's own journal entry of 1.6.10 ("So that's what's sad about not eating. The loss of dining, not the loss of food."), it just reminds you of how much we all take for granted, every day.
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It's a wonderful piece. Both the article and Ebert's blog also made me think of how tools of social
ReplyDeletenetworking, from Twitter to blogs, really can be amazing in how they can be a person's voice. Sure, they can be marketing tools and places for jokes, or places for debate or community, but imagine being in Ebert's shoes and how these tools allow him to engage in big and small ways with people.
Really great piece. Definitely worth the read.
ReplyDeleteI knew very little about Ebert's illnesses - knew he had been sick and had some surgeries. I did not know that he couldn't talk. I've been following him on Twitter for a few months and on Twitter, he has a voice louder than anyone else's. I may curse technology at times but this isn't one of them.
Damn. That is some fine writing from both Chris Jones and Roger Ebert. I shed a tear while reading it and had to issue a mascara alert to the recipients of my email forward this morning. I wish Roger Ebert well and hope that he is "speaking" for a while longer yet.
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