In celebration of his 80th birthday, here is:
THE ETERNAL COURTSHIP (an ipad short)
For Ken and Flo Jacobs,
with love and affection from all of us out here who bask in the glow...
What does it take to say a word of love? How long and how much strength does it take for the heart to speak? How many streets at night? How fast? How many faces in how many bars? What tenderness? What pain? What music? What images in the mind? And where does it come from? Is it in the darkness of a closed park at night? In the back room of a Chinese bar? In the bottom of a beer? In a collective dance? In a sister's laughter? When does it finally happen? For the soul to let go.
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Have you watched The Eternal Courtship yet? What did you think about it?