Past Prompts

Even at the dawn of artificial intelligence and the deluge of electronic and digital data,  art continues to hold sway over human awareness. From 40,000-year-old cave paintings through theater’s perennial survival, from the 5,000-year-old epic poetry of Sumer to graphic novels, art has reflected our life experience and defined and uplifted our sense of self and community.

What works of art have impacted you? Can you briefly describe a piece of influential artwork and how it moved you?

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Hacking has become a common peril in today’s world of digital communication. Hacking appears at every level,  from the federal government’s computer systems to our personal laptops and cell phones. Many of us have seen our Facebook accounts hacked, or worse — our debit and credit card accounts.

Have you ever been hacked?  Or unwittingly fallen for a cyber scam? Have you been an innocent victim of identity theft?  If so, what kind of trouble did it cause you? Was it resolved? How?

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Nobody wants to pay a visit to a hospital emergency room.  However,  sometimes we can’t avoid it.

Have you ever had to depend on the services of an emergency room as a patient, an anxious companion, or as a doctor, nurse, or other hospital staffer?
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The first jury trial in the American colonies was held in Plymouth in 1630 when John Billington was found guilty of murdering a fellow Mayflower colonist and sentenced to death by hanging.
Americans have been doing their civic duty as jurors ever since. Have you ever been called for jury duty? Were you selected or dismissed? If you served,  was it a positive or a negative experience?

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Although the CDC has officially declared the pandemic over, many after-effects remain. Beyond the risk involved from new Covid strains, society seems to be lingering in isolation.  In contrast, the positive human need for solitude remains precious and universal.

How do you deal with isolation, Covid-induced or otherwise? How do you create and maintain valuable time in solitude?  As a child or adolescent, did you dread isolation? Or did you seek solitude?

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