watching an old documentary on the donneley(is that right?) quints and i was enthralled listening to and watching ordinary people discuss and describe the things they had experienced or observed. this was filmed in the late fifties or early sixties. oh. my. god. the clarity. the awareness. the light in the eyes. the calm. the assuredness. it was disconcerting and comforting all at once. it was like watching film from another planet - the one i came from originally. ordinary folks, with brains, with lives of their own, with the ability to communicate without drama.
it became quite disturbing to watch, yet i couldnt take my eyes off of it. what the hell has happened to us?????????????