I too have been moved by this... and I was also annoyed at the way in which it was deemed utterly acceptable to acknowledge that somebody so 'ordinary' looking could have talent. Thankfully, our society has moved beyond the idea that someone who has a disability could have a talent, or someone from an ethnicity that is a minority could have a talent... but yet, it was deemed fine to acknowledge that Susan Boyle could easily be deemed as talentless... presumably because a/ she's a woman b/ she's single, c/ she's unemployed and d/ she isn't considered beautiful.
She was great... it made me think of Ignatius' 'the glory of god is found in a human being fully alive'.
There's an interesting article in today's Guardian about the Susan Boyle performance too... well worth reading...
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Susan Boyle
Date: 2009-04-16 05:30 pm (UTC)She was great... it made me think of Ignatius' 'the glory of god is found in a human being fully alive'.
There's an interesting article in today's Guardian about the Susan Boyle performance too... well worth reading...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/apr/16/britains-got-talent-susan-boyle
And - fondness to you, Heck Yeah,
Pád.