Tomáš Wünsch
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Richard Bach:
You suprised me by joining GR (frankly-You surprised me purely by being (still) alive in this age of computerisation) -is here any story behind? How do You feel about those 'virtual' worlds? Many older(and much wiser)people in my life think that those relationships&communities aren't real-or not fulfilling at best. IMHO it's just another step(tool)in fusing ppl together (offering permeability&freedom of movement).
Richard Bach
I'm happy to have surprised you!
I had a chance to let this lifetime go, a few years ago, and decided to stay on for a while. That meant a couple or three more books, and perhaps as many readers, too. I'm glad I stayed.
Virtual worlds run on the same principles as the old-fashioned worlds: Am I happy here? Have I met a friend of our minds in this place? Does it matter if ever we meet? Am I becoming here the person I want to be?
What's different may be: Is the mortal person as kind and thoughtful as the image she broadcasts?
We need to practice our skills, and our trial and error will teach us swiftly about the unseen.
The person we shall become is different from the one we would have been, decades ago.
Do we like the one of today? Good question.
I had a chance to let this lifetime go, a few years ago, and decided to stay on for a while. That meant a couple or three more books, and perhaps as many readers, too. I'm glad I stayed.
Virtual worlds run on the same principles as the old-fashioned worlds: Am I happy here? Have I met a friend of our minds in this place? Does it matter if ever we meet? Am I becoming here the person I want to be?
What's different may be: Is the mortal person as kind and thoughtful as the image she broadcasts?
We need to practice our skills, and our trial and error will teach us swiftly about the unseen.
The person we shall become is different from the one we would have been, decades ago.
Do we like the one of today? Good question.
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Laura
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Richard Bach:
Hello, Mr. Bach! I hope it's not too presumptuous of me to ask, but: I wrote a poem and was hoping someone could look it over. It's not going anywhere, I just wanted an opinion on it. I don't suppose you'd have the time to give it a look? If not, that's fine, I just thought I'd ask. Thank you for all of your wonderful posts! Have a good day. Sinc, Laura
John Tillotson
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Richard Bach:
Richard, I run a theatre group in England (www.stagelefttheatre.co.uk) and as part of Leicester's Everybody's Reading Festival for 2019 we would love to present a reading of Jonathan Livingston Seagull. This would we be done by a number of people from our group, with people narrating and representing the various voices of characters in the story. Would you allow us to do this? All festival perfromances are free.
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