Who knew that a working sabbatical could turn into so much work? 8 shows a week, rehearsals, certain responsibilities on Vancouver Island & back in Calgary.
We've also been delighted by visits from many welcome guests - friends & family - and have made it a priority to explore as much as we can of this part of Canada while we're here.
All this means that Deb has been holding down the creative and organizational fort on this project for months now, as I regularly attempt to wrap my head around the interviews that have been conducted and the master plan of what it is we're trying to do.
The funny thing is that the issue of chronic pain keeps intruding unbidden. From colleagues working onstage with long term injuries that don't heal to guests/relatives who have to deal with the daily trials of advancing age ... I'm presented with more faces of chronic pain.
I was asked - seriously - what I thought of euthanasia. Of course, during the course of a dinner party, one tries not to delve too deeply into serious matters, but the thought keeps bouncing around in my head, occasionally rising to the surface: when does it become too much?
- when you're 90 years old, untreatable medical conditions and the morphine patch no longer even seems to take the edge off?
- when you're a young mother, wheelchair bound and facing surgery that still may not provide relief?
- when you're in the prime of life and an injury suddenly renders you partially disabled and you can't remember a time without pain?
AS collection and compilation of research for this project continues, I find myself worrying about how we're going to craft it all into one story. But that will be for another day ...
Hal
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