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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'>Brad’s Group-2 critiques for 8-25-22<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Alice’s piece: <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>A very interesting piece. I can only think of two draw bridges here on Long Island though there may be more. These bridges are not pedestrian bridges and I believe that there is a law against pedestrian use. Fear of crossing draw bridges on foot seems to me quite a reasonable fear. Even more so, if you throw in blindness as an added factor. In Freudian psychological anecdotes, fear of crossing bridges is fairly common. However it is seen as symbolic of other psychological fixations. Regarding the final question, I have never seen that the quality of one’s life has much to do with how that person dies. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Valerie’s piece:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>A piece that weaves together: the sensations of taste, the summer and treasured memories. I think the following line is superb: “time waited and there was enough left for daydreams.” Simple pleasures and positive memories coming together can make one feel that the breakneck pace of the world has slowed down, at least for a few moments. Such moments are special and so welcome these days! <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Leonard’s piece:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Perhaps the biggest barrier that blind and visually impaired folks face is the preconceptions, assumptions and stereotypes that many nondisabled people possess. Depersonalization is a perfect title and description for the scene depicted in this poem. One might expect that in medical settings there could be less of this. However, one learns quickly this is not the case at all! “When will they ever learn?” (Pete Seager) <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Joan’s piece: <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>A piece that nicely highlights the positive and negative things this particular gentleman and by extension all human beings carry with them into old age. I believe there are always at least a few things in life that one doesn’t get to make amends for. Such is one of the sorrows of the human condition. Well, at least this gentleman still reads!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>