lilysea posted this video, and I wanted to share. This is so simple, and so intense, and such an excellent way to live. Being vulnerable? Whoo, boy. I'm so her X many years ago, numbing myself to stuff that isn't working, that I'm avoiding, and pretending that being grateful and joyous about the other parts covers it...
ETA: The YouTube comments are amazingly articulate, especially this one which says in part: 'The concluding thought should be, "I am part and parcel of something greater than myself, something that is enough. And because of that I can be in relationship with it, and that is the mystery of love."'
I just saw this on the ABC site, and then when I checked my flist LJ-user Lilysea had found a cut-down-to-the-ad version; apparently the Greens can't use it because the ABC can't provide advertising. So, y'know. *boosts*
The aim of the show is to find a leading woman for a stage show of The Sound of Music. By episode 11, the contestants were four in number. It was time for more acting lessons from panelist, Torchwood hero, and musical theatre star John Barrowman - this time, in romantic acting.