11:00 Service ~ Awake in a Modern World
Drawing from the wisdom of stand-up comedians, Jesse Blue will discuss how we have been collectively trained away from looking at the natural world around us. Semantics and language are twisted so we often hear the opposite of what is said.
Speaker: Jesse Blue, a long time UUCC member, is a talented musician and runs a company where he designs and builds custom musical instruments.
9:30 Forum (downstairs) ~ F.M. Dostoevsky’s “Notes from Underground”: Self Laceration and the Search for Consciousness”
Dostoevsky (1821-1881) is considered one of world literature’s greatest novelists. “Notes from Underground” (1864) is a monologue describing three incidents from the Underground Man’s life that illustrate his life-long struggle to see himself as a consciousness equal to that of those around him.
Martin Rice will assume the persona of the Underground Man in a short monologue addressed to the forum’s attendees to give them an idea of his behavior, psychology, and twisted desperation. Then Martin will address the main themes in “Notes from Underground”, their development in Dostoevsky’s later work, and their influence on later writers and thinkers.
Questions and discussion will conclude the forum.
Presented by: UUCC member Martin Rice.