{"id":1823,"date":"2010-02-17T22:13:43","date_gmt":"2010-02-18T03:13:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.richardlouissaint.com\/?p=1823"},"modified":"2010-02-17T22:14:23","modified_gmt":"2010-02-18T03:14:23","slug":"ebert-word-traveling-richard-not-so-much","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.richardlouissaint.com\/?p=1823","title":{"rendered":"Ebert Word Traveling, Richard Not So Much"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have found myself in the past week reading links related to embattled film critic Roger Ebert; An Esquire profile<\/a> of his life post the\u00a0removal\u00a0of his jaw; Ebert’s blog post<\/a> on walking. In someway the cancer that stripped him of his ability to speak or eat or drink has reinvigorated\u00a0this\u00a0sixty-something\u00a0year-old or rather has not stopped his zest for the things he loves most. As the Esquire piece reminds readers: “He is a wonderful writer, and today he is producing the best work of his life.” And it is a wonderful piece.<\/p>\n

For all of my 33 years I have not left North America. Although I was not born in the United States , I can’t lay claim to having\u00a0traveled\u00a0anywhere past Florida. It’s as if I have taken that exchang<\/a>e between Cutty and Dukie to heart and am in danger of making it a self-fulfilling prophesy.<\/p>\n

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The idea of being stuck\u00a0has opened me\u00a0up to a\u00a0crippling feeling more methaphorical than the physical kind that Ebert goes through everyday. Sort of\u00a0being alone on your own emotional island.<\/p>\n

There’s much I want to do; need to do. Traveling outside these States feels like one of the things I need to do to find\u00a0the purpose for my photography and my writing. Or maybe everything I need is right here with me in New York City.<\/p>\n

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I have found myself in the past week reading links related to embattled film critic Roger Ebert; An Esquire profile of his life post the\u00a0removal\u00a0of his jaw; Ebert’s blog post on walking. In someway the cancer that stripped him of his ability to speak or eat or drink has reinvigorated\u00a0this\u00a0sixty-something\u00a0year-old …<\/p>\n

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