"Listening Is an Act of Love" has left me feeling completely inspired. This reminded me that one year for my grandparents' fiftieth wedding anniversary we videotaped them talking about how they met and their marriage over the past fifty years. This reading made me think about that and how nice it was to be able to view the footage after my grandfather passed away. I was not even half way through the reading when I contacted my dad about working on our own at home interview with my grandmother. She is eighty-eight years old and we never know how much time we have with her, so we are going to try to do this as soon as possible. I only wish we would have done something more like StoryCorps for my grandfather because he was such an interesting and charismatic individual.
This reading, as well as this class in general, has inspired me as far as a possible career path. Up till this point I never really considered doing documentary style work. This type of work is so important in keeping the history of individual families and the American public alive. I think it would be so rewarding to work on projects like these.
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