This morning at the Ethical Culture Society for our first program, with the new Families for Ethical Education starting too, I interviewed Molly Gilman about her time in the Ethical Sunday School as well her career as an actor, and the way those things have interacted in her life. She sang too, some show songs and that wonderful John Denver song "Rhymes and Reasons," (which she sang a lot better than Denver, IMHO!)
One extremely interesting moment came at the end when Molly talked about having a conversation with a cab driver with whom she disagreed strongly, but used her ethical education inclination to learn more about the other person's views, and her acting skills to draw him out-- "I was acting," she said, "but acting is a way to find the truth."I love that--so is writing fiction: making up stuff to discover what is bedrock real.
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