i'm touched by the death of a public figure, vaclav havel. when i was a teenager and in love with politics, music, books and writing i joined amnesty international and learned of this activist playwright in jail in czechoslovakia. i wrote letters on his behalf and read all i could about him in the pre-internet world of books in a one-library, small southern town. when he later became president i felt elated and not a little responsible. i was 15. he was a writer, a lover of rock and roll and a nominee for the nobel peace prize on several occasions. i am mindful of much about him that i admired then and still do today. my favorite quote, though, has to be a funny one...
"if you want to see your plays performed the way you wrote them, become president."
grace and peace
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