Well I for one must say that I was not really ready for that speech Mary Gordon said. I really came in thinking we were going to hear about her past books. I guess I should have looked over the pamphlet before I went in. Nevertheless, Mary Gordon surprised me with her accent that sounded straight out of Boston and her eloquent and insightful speech about eccentric painters and poets I had never even heard of. She made me feel extremely small. As if I have learned nothing in my last eighteen years and that I need to step outside of this box and start reading and reading and reading!!!! I must be honest and say that sometimes she was just over my head with the analogies to wars I did not know in as much detail as she did and in comprehensive takes on pieces of art that I honestly did not even know where and how to begin to interpret. But before I throw myself a pity party I comfort myself in the fact that yes, I am only eighteen, meaning I have the luxury of being able to learn more and more about the world. This can be said for really all ages but I feel that I am really in the beginning of the stage because I am in the beginning of college, where the thirst of knowledge begins (or so I have been told). I am elated for such a tumultuous journey. I just learned from this talk that one is never done learning and that her love of writing and the arts is apparent through her talk and her insightful looks on things that maybe others do not see. It was just so inspiring to see women much older than her look to her opinion on pieces and how they admired and respected that opinion without doubt!
Yes, Anna, put that pity party on hold and remember that you, too, have great things to offer and a life of learning ahead of you! Was there anything in particular that struck you, even if the overall sentiment was feeling overwhelmed?
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