Surfwise
Surfwise
iflitifloat
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/10/03
#1Surfwise
Posted: 5/10/08 at 9:30am
Anyone else hear the interview with David Paskowitz on NPR's Fresh Air the other day?
A documetary has just been released about a family with nine children who lived and traveled in a 24 foot camper. The father, a physician, gave up his profession in favor of wandering the world to surf. The kids were raised strictly (healthy food and lots of exercise), home schooled, and as surfers.
It's a story that raises a lot of questions, even for the free spirits among us. Papa was a real authoritarian and could be somewhat abusive. Mama did what she was told and produced a new baby annually. The kids were cut off from any semblance of a normal childhood existence. Yet, all nine children have been able to assimilate into the adult world successfully.
The interview was fascinating, and the documentary opened yesterday at the IFC Film Center in Manhattan. I'm mildly obsessed with seeing it as soon as possible.
NPR story
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Updated On: 5/10/08 at 09:30 AM
#2re: Surfwise
Posted: 5/10/08 at 10:19am
That does sound interesting.
And I can totally see you giving it all up to surf the world, Iflit.
Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be enbered with your old nonsense. ~ Emerson
Bluemoon
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/28/04
#2re: Surfwise
Posted: 5/10/08 at 10:32am
I'm still wondering about the logistics of making babies every year with all those people living together in that trailer.
But that's just me...
#3re: Surfwise
Posted: 5/10/08 at 10:37amEeww. Hadn't thought about that. He probably made them wait outside or sent them surfing. I hope.
Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be enbered with your old nonsense. ~ Emerson
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