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Finding Beauty in Asymmetry with Playwright Sarah Ruhl

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How Do You Develop Compassion When You Have Bells Palsy?

You write again the lunch you had with the theatre critic jonathan kelp. And he himself has bell's palsy, as you mention. And you talk about the ampathy you felt of seeing his face. So could you sheare a little bit more about that experience and how it helped you to develop compassion for yourself, for your own face? It really did. I remember jonathan walked into the restaurant,. i could recognize on his face hat he was still going through something i was going through. His face was like a mirror. And i could see that he was turning away from me when he laughed, so as to not show the expression of laughter on his face,

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