It’s not always easy to have\u00a0your way of thinking challenged by someone else’s life experience.<\/p>\n
Here is Gertie!,\u00a0outrageous because she speaks the unspeakable. And she’s good with it.<\/p>\n
Years ago I sent a written copy to my niece who had just given birth, to celebrate the realization of her connection to everyone – as a mother at the birth of her child. My brother intercepted the monologue. He told me never to send my ‘art’ to him again. It was a thin time in our relationship, when I almost hated him. After all, I’d sent it to his 19-year old\u00a0daughter. What was he doing in that conversation, judging me because of this character I had written?<\/p>\n
Gertie! is not for everyone.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Listen at your own risk. You may choose to be offended. You may laugh.<\/p>\n Gertie is a woman in a wheelchair keenly observing the details of what it means to be human.<\/p>\n Sound design &
\nGif\/ Illustrations by Gord Halloran\u00a0http:\/\/www.gordonhalloran.com<\/a><\/p>\n