‘Like a sunflower’
Dear Editor:
RE: Love in your life (Open Mind column), Feb. 15.
Almba Zalli’s column shook the creative roots in my tiny heart and led my wandering soul across the trite Valentine desert.
Her insight and evaluation of Plato’s vision of “their own worth” is accurate and necessary. In the garden of words, “amatonormativity” blooms like a sunflower in her column; that theme is one of borders, the ones consumer society builds and then limits the kindness outside the fences and “your connection to the world.”
She reminds the reader of our uniqueness and the miracle we are with two feet, two hands of our own, that has the ability to provide love in today’s desert. I appreciate your insights, humbled by your clarity to express them, and hope that you continue to see the Alba Zalli who shared her passion.
As an aside, my partner received a sump pump on Valentine’s Day. Did I cross the line?
Jacobus de Bock, Alma
