--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Angela Mailander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Curtis, > I really like your phrase about the move from the Age of Enlightenment to the Age of Embarassment. It has depth, it has irony, it has humor, it has truth and insight; it has what's called "poetic texture" in my line of work. And here's the deal: embarrassment is prolly closer to real enlightenment than most claims of higher states of consciousness I've seen. Show me a mensch who's not embarassed to look back on his stupid life. Have you ever read "Gimpel the Fool" by Isaac Bashevis Singer? >
"Man is the only animal that blushes - or needs to." -- Mark Twain
