Word: discomforts
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...these conversations and the very discomfort they arouse hold incredible possibilities for us, the parent and the child. Whatever I think of their mother, the reality remains that she is with those kids 24-7 and cares enough to get them mentors. It's natural to question people's motivations and even begin to make moral judgments. We're human and prone to do that, especially when we don't have the catch of an innocent child's face or the wrinkles and halted step of grandfatherly figure to check our pronouncements. The challenge is channeling that intensity constructively...
...This discomfort has been evident in the recent debates about TECH, Harvard's proposed center for technological exploration. Proponents have likened TECH to the IOP; somewhere students can go to play around with bleeding edge technology, gain programming skills that they can't get in class, get support for Web ventures and learn from the best minds in the wired world. Opponents worry that TECH will become an assembly-line producer of little capitalists, encouraging the moneymaking impulse exactly when we students should be waxing Platonic...
...sure that some people in the audience felt uncomfortable with the remarks, but no one had the courage to say anything or do anything that might register that discomfort. I felt completely isolated: As far as I knew, I could easily have been the only gay--or, more appropriately, the only un-closeted--audience member that night. And, except for the squeeze from my friend next to me, I felt no support...
Tetrillo says she thinks discomfort is at the root of this problem...
...Despite this discomfort, one amazing thing about the Wilsons' world is that it actually feels, at times, quite restful, in the way heaven and hell, being eternal, might also be restful. What would it be like if you had to spend the rest of your life in an outmoded office space? Maybe we should check back in 30 years. People are like hamsters, especially bureaucratic people. These films leave traces of our scurry in the tunnels of pressure-board, fiberglass and Sheetrock. Given time, these things become the proverbial cardboard tube at the end of a roll of toilet paper...