Dear bevan:

What I wrote about fear, what fear does to people.. and to animals, I am sure about. Depression, that is different than fear, that may be a very down… down time when people can create. Even craving death, that you describe, that is not the same as fear. Maybe when one lost something important, like a loving relationship, that is a chance for something new to be born in place of the things that died.

About the acting class idea: you wrote that you were a shy, timid girl: I am connecting this to what I wrote about fear. Shyness and timidity is about fear, at least it is about being a bit fearful, at the least. So I can see the feeling of empowerment in acting confidently, daringly, in front of others.

Is it about breaking free from the shyness, timidity, all that stood in your way and now you feel the possibilities of breaking those unnecessary hindrances, limits… being and becoming all that you thought was impossible for you?

anita