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- Legends of the Fall (1994)
- The Edited Life: Salvatore Di Vita and the Sacred Image
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- Two Runners, Two Deaths: The Hero Systems of Eric Liddell and Harold Abrahams
- The Man From Snow River
- The Free Man at the Billabong
- One Song, Many Heavens: “Jerusalem” and the Hero Systems It Holds Together
- The Man on Every Page
- The Afterlife of Coats
- Learning to Live Forever: Rabbi Jonah Steinmetz and the Hero System of the Page
- The Hero System of Rabb Yehuda Moses
- The Accountant
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- Gates of Hope: The Hero System of Rabbi Yael Aranoff
- The Corner of the Field
- Nearer to What?
- A Hero System Essay on St. Andrews Cathedral Music Director Ross Cobb
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Category Archives: Personal
I Would Never Play Tackle Football Or Box
I think I played tackle football twice in my life, sometime around seventh grade. I hate being hurt. I hate getting tackled. I hate pain. I hate the risk of injury. Yet I love watching football. I love to see … Continue reading
I’m On The Up-Side Of My Bipolar Cycle
My frequent posts this week indicate that I am on the up side of my bipolar cycle. Though not clinically bipolar, I have many tendencies in this direction. If you read many of my posts, you’ll notice that I tend … Continue reading
How Can You Figure Out Your Purpose In Life?
I heard an Orthodox rabbi recommend that before you go to bed, you reflect back on the holy moments of the day when you felt most alive. Write them down. They’re a guide to your purpose in life.
I Have A Friendly Face!
I feel isolated much of the time. Standoffish. Most people, I don’t feel much inclination to get to know them. I frequently feel lonely in a crowd. I’ll go to a conference one weekend and there might be only one … Continue reading
I’m Thinking About Moving To Taiwan
This thriving country of 23 million has no Alexander Technique teachers. I should clean up! Email me if you’d like an Alexander lesson in Taiwan for US$100. Maybe I’ll pay a visit. On the down side, there are only about … Continue reading
Always Trying To Tell My Teachers What To Do
I heard from a former teacher of mine when I was about eight years old. “She was to teach where milk came from, and you must have see a picture of a milk bottle. So you said, oh, I know … Continue reading
Confronting My Fears Of Cold-Calling
I hate cold-calling. I tried a job as a teenager cold-calling people for my insurance agent. After an hour, I quit. I just could not stomach phoning strangers and asking them about their car insurance. A few years later, I … Continue reading
Should I Move To Dallas?
Greg Leake emails: Hi Luke and Rabbs, Last Torah Talks, Luke said to Rabbs, “Who was that guy who used to write all the time?” Rabbs puts hand over face and goes into a 45-second brown study, presumably because my … Continue reading
Cancelled!
A disturbing number of potential Alexander Technique clients have cancelled at the last minute. Perhaps they Googled me? Jack* emails: “Luke, if you want to build a practice, you will not do good to your cause with posts like that … Continue reading