Past Prompts

President John F Kennedy delivers a major speech for civil rights.  A few months later he is assassinated in downtown Dallas.  Martin Luther King Jr leads the March on Washington. America becomes fully involved in the Vietnam conflict.  Dr Michael DeBakey implants the first artificial human heart.  The Supreme Court bans required prayers and Bible readings in public schools.  Charade; It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World; and The Great Escape premier at the movies.

Where were you in 1963 and how were you affected by the events of that memorable year?

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Are you a reader? If so what genres or authors do you like?

Did you read as a child? Were you read to? Have you read to your own children?

What books have inspired you, and in what ways?

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Many of us have fears or phobias - either legitimate or exaggerated.

Are you afraid of flying, or of dogs or spiders or snakes? Are you phobic about being in an enclosed space, or in a crowd, or about germs?

Have you ever tried to overcome these issues — with or without success?

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From shamanism to science, from plants to placebos,  we humans look beyond our bodies to cure illness, ease psychic pain, or alter reality.  And as we age, we turn more frequently to pharmacies and prescriptions.

What lurks in your medicine chest? Is it empty or overflowing with little plastic bottles? Do you feel secure as you swallow your morning dose, or do you curse your fate? And have you ever followed Jefferson Airplane’s advice to “Feed your head”?

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FCC Commissioner Newton Minow once labeled television as “a vast wasteland.” Journalist Marie Winn wrote a critique of TV in her 1977 book The Plug-In Drug. Is TV merely a "wasteland" or a "drug?" Perhaps not.
What were two or three shows that proved inspirational as you grew from adolescence to adulthood? What about these shows inspired you?

Or maybe televised inspiration hit you earlier or later in life and caused you to think about changing direction. Let us know!

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