Who has influenced you in a positive way that's stuck with you for a long, long time? Julie Harris, an actor, passed away this weekend at the age of 87. To me she wasn't just an actor, she was a huge influence. Back in the '60s, Ms. Harris made regular appearances funded by the Performing Arts Foundation (PAF) at the junior high school that I attended on Long Island, NY. I noticed her poise and wanted to be poised. I noticed her smile and wanted to have a smile like that. She spoke clearly and succinctly, and projected her voice and characters through the auditorium and into the lobby. And into my mind and sense of being. I wanted to do that too, I wanted to do that for others. Whether I did or not doesn't matter. She gave me the sense that I could - be poised and well spoken. And I still remember that, and carried it with me for 45 years.
The Message: Let's get and keep the arts and artists in our schools. Not the watered PC versions, the real thing, as written. The generations after need to know what they're missing.
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