Liana Nagieva/Getty Images We must resolve the conflict between instinct and
what’s generally considered to be its antithesis, intellect.
Although the former is more difficult to understand
it should be treated even by the intellect with reasonable respect.,
and for religions let us also show regard, not relegating our respect for them because of either
intellect or instinct, like Jacob wrestling with an angel, the antithesis of both, a wily writher,
which is — I hope I am not preaching — what religion is about,
refereed by what by definition is impartial, doubt.
In “Sigourney Weaver Has Us All Fooled: She’s Really Quite Silly,” in the NYT, 11/27/22, Kyle Buchanan writes:
Acting can sometimes be a battle between intellect and instinct, and by either measure, the 73-year-old Weaver is formidable. Co-stars talk about the way she marks up her scripts, scribbling down the motivations behind every line, action or lifted prop; onscreen, she projects that intelligence in a calm, cool way and can handily outthink any scene partner. But Weaver’s natural instincts have proved important, too, ever since her first starring role as the resourceful Ellen Ripley in the 1979 sci-fi classic “Alien.”
Gershon Hepner is a poet who has written over 25,000 poems on subjects ranging from music to literature, politics to Torah. He grew up in England and moved to Los Angeles in 1976. Using his varied interests and experiences, he has authored dozens of papers in medical and academic journals, and authored “Legal Friction: Law, Narrative, and Identity Politics in Biblical Israel.” He can be reached at gershonhepner@gmail.com.
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