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From: Katherine
Date: 22 Oct 2012
Time: 10:27:27 -0500
Remote Name: 64.134.99.189
Keiko – What a lovely thing to say about the piece. Thank you. In terms of his ‘coming out’, I think that he had always been ashamed of his stutter. People had made fun of him or told him all the things he could not do, or could not be. Stuttering was not something he was proud of, it was something full of hurt and anger and shame. I think that coming out opened up his relationship with his wife, it let her in. It also let him imagine what it would be like not to hide, what it would be like not to be afraid. I can’t know if that feeling carried on in the years since but I hope so. It is interesting to hear some of your experience in Japan and I’m so sorry to hear that you face such strong prejudice. I wonder if there’s any way that could change?