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"The Making and Un-making of a Marine"by Lawrence Winters |
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The following reviews are written by me about works I think you will find worth seeing, reading and listening to. Larry Winters
Writings
War and the Soul: Healing Our Nation's Veterans from Post-Traumatic Stress
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If you have the courage to heal read this book, by Lawrence Winters, January 9, 2007 as posted to amazon.com Dr. Edward Tick has written a book that gathers wisdom from our mythic ancestors about healing the aftermath of war. As a Viet Nam Veteran I have suffered with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD and Dr. Ticks book War and the Soul has been the only out of many books I have read that truly address the fact that PTSD is a wound that occurs in the soul of the soldier. I have needed this kind of healing for forty years. During the time of reading the book I wept too many times to count. I have yellow highlighted more than half the book. I am a practicing psychotherapist and believe that the essence of what is needed to heal our veteran's wounds has been excavated out of history and illuminated by Dr. Tick. His articulate understanding and collection of experiences with veterans makes his work invaluable to those who have the courage to recover their souls. I believe as Dr. Tick does that PTSD is an identity disorder. Dr. Tick proposes that the ancient role of warrior is one our veterans need today in order to bring meaning and direction back into their lives. In today's world warrior are intensely needed. |
More coming soon |
Film
Soldier's Heart,
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A GENTLE STROKE ON THE CIVILIAN CHEEK TO WAKE UP Soldiers Heart is a phrase that comes from the American Civil War, it means Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Example "That man is acting like that because he has soldiers heart." Brian Delate goes inward bound in this movie using the heart and soul as guide posts to bring his audience to a deeper understanding of how we are all affected by war. Not only soldiers want to forget what happens in war, so many of us in this country allow a trance of denial to steel our memories. Brian kindly reminds us that war did happen and that we all are responsible for the after affects. Most movie makers believe that the theater seats need to shake with over amplified violence to penetrate the callused movie goers who like speed readers only slow down to pay attention when the action starts. Soldiers Heart seeps into you slowly it's a movie with half lives that comes again and again sometimes in the shower or before you go to sleep. After this movie you might even see when you look in the mirror that you have been affected by war just like the normal folks in this movie. You do not have to be a vet to want to see this movie in fact I think instead of the crashing blow that most war movies rely on to hook their audience Soldiers Heart is a gentle stroke on the civilian cheek to wake up. also posted to amazon.com October 24, 2008 |
Other Stuff
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Music
Lies in Red White & Blue "I wept when I heard the song, it touched me in a place that I like to keep hidden. Just now I watched the documentary and again found my self weeping from the wounds that still are open in me. Please know that I appreciate this creative art work profoundly. It delivers the message so much deeper than intellectual dialog...."
by Larry Winters,
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Body of War
...is an intimate and transformational feature documentary about the true face of war today. |
Poetry
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