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I had a very emotional reaction to Anna Deavere Smith's book, Letters to a Young Artist.
Those opening pages are just what I always needed to hear. It's so mushy and sappy, but it made me feel a lump in my throat. What a great hook.
I read the book very fast, it's great advice, and I know at least one other person I'll recommend it to.
The talk about The Man was very valuable for me. I've struggled to improve my relationship to authority and wealth. About a decade a friend pointed something out to me. I was jealous and angry at rich people, and yet I wanted to be one. He suggested that as long as I maintained this conflicting attitude I wouldn't be able to manifest any decent money.
I was very liberated by that statement and it did improve my financial life, but I think that I still harbor internal blocks that prohibit me from attaining even larger goals.
Meetind The Man, and practicing ways to communicate with that kind of entity has got to be part of my education.

The book certainly interested me more in Ms. Smith herself.

Only today did I begin to approach the article which was next on our reading list. I suppose that's not very linear.