Life in the Time of Cholera: Lessons on a Pandemic

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October 23, 2020 a project of ServiceSpace Illness is the night-side of life, a more onerous citizenship. Everyone who is born holds dual citizenship, in the kingdom of the well and in the kingdom of the sick. - Susan Sontag - Life in the Time of Cholera: Lessons on a Pandemic "As sirens fill the streets of London, George Prochnik recalls a revolutionary poets account of the 1832 cholera pandemic that unfolded in Paris. While watching history repeat itself in devastating refrain, George wonders: What is hysteria? What is necessary passion and courage? How can we respond both lucidly and compassionately?" { read more } Be The Change Have you found your own attitude and perspectives shifting in this time of physical distancing and isolation? COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News How to Be Yourself Why Singing in a Choir Makes You Happier Mary Oliver: Instructions for Living A Life Barbara Kingsolver on Knitting as Creation Story The Joy of Being a Woman in Her Seventies 16 Teachings from COVID-19 The Understory: Life Beneath the Forest Floor A Pandemic Poem-Prayer DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 246,391 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other ServiceSpace projects include: KindSpring  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  Awakin  //  More