Please note what people are willing to pay for this service! (80 yen=$1)
'IV bar' in Nagoya offering after work refreshment › Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
Twice during our time living here hospitals have wanted to admit me for a week just to give me IVs. Once was for steroids, and once was for antibiotics. Can you imagine staying in the hospital just to receive IVs? I solemnly promised I would come in every day without fail to get the needed treatment, and they relented.
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Curtain!
That's what the Covenant Players say at the end of one of their thought-provoking plays. No scenery, no costumes, almost no props.
The plays dealt with unmerited favour, a.k.a. "Grace/恵み". In both languages it can be a woman's name, and much more than that.
There were short plays about a child forgiving an unkind playmate, a man cheerfully donating a kidney to a friend (just a friend? why would he do that?) and a man feeling very uncomfortable about a freely given gift that he had not asked for.
You can tell from Kurt's expression that sometimes Grace is an uncomfortable topic!
But, it's a topic we discussed as we broke into groups a couple of times during the performance to consider the meaning of the plays.
As with music, sometimes the right-brain imagery of acting can touch people in ways other forms of communication cannot, and can cause people to think more deeply about the message conveyed.
Meanwhile, Kurt, Cathy and Iris head off to Kobe, then to Guam. Another church, another school, another performance. Visual parables.
The plays dealt with unmerited favour, a.k.a. "Grace/恵み". In both languages it can be a woman's name, and much more than that.
There were short plays about a child forgiving an unkind playmate, a man cheerfully donating a kidney to a friend (just a friend? why would he do that?) and a man feeling very uncomfortable about a freely given gift that he had not asked for.
You can tell from Kurt's expression that sometimes Grace is an uncomfortable topic!
But, it's a topic we discussed as we broke into groups a couple of times during the performance to consider the meaning of the plays.
As with music, sometimes the right-brain imagery of acting can touch people in ways other forms of communication cannot, and can cause people to think more deeply about the message conveyed.
Meanwhile, Kurt, Cathy and Iris head off to Kobe, then to Guam. Another church, another school, another performance. Visual parables.
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