Overview
Reflections of Endurance is a mostly autobiographical play based on my life's journey. My desire is to expose the issues of mental illness in relation to coping and living with depression. Reflections of Endurance shows a person managing to delicately balance her spirituality and her disability. I take the reader on a journey encountering closed doors. These are doors that need to be opened. My story tells of issues relating to faith, education, housing, work, institutionalization, judicial settings and family relationships as I try to find a place where I can develop in life. It's an interesting thing about human nature; people are not interested in you until they know you have something they want. It is a social theology of What do you bring to the table versus the philosophy of Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free. So Reverend Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. asked some decades ago, What do you have in your hand? My answer to Powell is, My weakness has become my strength. I have a beautiful mind, a pen, and a camera. http: //www.purplepenpublication.com
Full Product Details
Author: Washington - Melchizedek
Publisher: Purple Pen Publication
Imprint: Purple Pen Publication
Edition: 2nd ed.
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 1.00cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.268kg
ISBN: 9781532346002
ISBN 10: 153234600
Pages: 178
Publication Date: 31 August 2017
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
In reading this work I am moved by two things: the author's persevering struggle for a productive life that includes spirituality and disability; also, the incredibly striking visions that she encounters throughout her journey. Sometimes frightening, other times beautiful, these visions combine nature, religious iconography, and art into dramatic reflections of her soul's struggle. Filled with hauntingly beautiful images and written in meticulous detail, this dramatic memoir bravely chronicles Washington's experiences with mental illness. Kathleen Potts, Playwriting Instructor, The City College of New York, CUNY
In reading this work I am moved by two things: the author's persevering struggle for a productive life that includes spirituality and disability; also, the incredibly striking visions that she encounters throughout her journey. Sometimes frightening, other times beautiful, these visions combine nature, religious iconography, and art into dramatic reflections of her soul's struggle. Filled with hauntingly beautiful images and written in meticulous detail, this dramatic memoir bravely chronicles Washington's experiences with mental illness.Kathleen Potts, Playwriting Instructor, The City College of New York, CUNY
