INITIATION
I looked at Lucas with the pang that a parent feels when he knows his child will be hurt and that it’s no one’s fault and that to try to preempt the rites of passage is an act of contempt for the child’s courage.
— James Lee Burke
cultural commentary from the desk of Don Shewey
INITIATION
I looked at Lucas with the pang that a parent feels when he knows his child will be hurt and that it’s no one’s fault and that to try to preempt the rites of passage is an act of contempt for the child’s courage.
— James Lee Burke
June 28 — I don’t know what to say about On the Levee, the new musical produced by LCT3 at the Duke Theatre, except: Ghastly. Beyond. Belief.
INITIATION
Ancient peoples invented rites of passage in part to break the spell of childhood and move the initiate from the mother’s lap to the lap of the world. To this day, a person must dismantle the spell of childhood or fail to find their place in life.
— Michael Meade