September 29, 2008
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Resurrection Imagination
I am writing a speculative story about bringing a famous dead person back to energetic life for twenty-four hours and finding out what they’d like to do for the day.
I thought I’d ask wandering Xangans about this. If you could bring someone famous back into the world for a day, how would the day go? As their host and escort, would you tell them about how the world is now, or just ask them how they’d like to spend their bonus hours? Would you ask them some questions about their life, to clear up some mysteries about them? How would they respond? And what does all this say about you… !
I am having fun with this idea — I imagine disturbing Shakespeare’s eternal rest. Bwaha.
Comments (7)
I would bring back Albert Eistien and I would have so many questions for him but I would be polite and ask him what he wanted to see and do. Judi
@jassmine -
Albert Einstein, that’s a great idea. I’d prearrange a tour for him of that hadron collider thingie in Switzerland, and also a huge crowd of his admirers to hug him and thank him for being so inspirational.
I do a meditation where I pretend I am talking to a famous person and asking them for advise. I love this exercise it is always productive for me. Judi
I always wanted to meet Teddy Roosevelt. Maybe just swap some hunting stories with him and listen to his accounts of Cuba.
I don’t think I would tell him how things are now, he might just sit down and cry.
… sort of like having out-of-town relatives visit.
I’d hire a stenographer and have Shakespeare do movie reviews for 24 hours.
@ElevenStones -
Or mayyyybee….. he would have some good advice?!
Einstien, I would love for him to have an upclose look at our education system starting with preschool. I’m pretty sure we could learn a lot from him. After all, as a student, he was no Einstein.