Mary Catherine Bateson — Living as an Improvisational Art
On Being with Krista Tippett
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Composing a Life
i was looking for a metaphor that would allow them to realize that the effort they were making to work out a new kind of woman's role was creative, that it was an art. For o see life as an improvise, as an improvistory art, exactly. i have a cousin who is a jas flutist, and i know that jas musicians practice improvisation by the hour. And rather than juggling, but people would say to me, you know, i can't get my life together. I try different things. My husband says, i'm not a serious person because i don't have a consistent career line. I feel like such a failure. Riht...
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