The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe: Ursula Gould

Posted At : June 11, 2008 1:00 AM
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Excerpted from "The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe" by Jane Wagner, published by HarperCollins.

Read by Ursula Gould: "I recently played Aunt G, the giraffe in "Elephant's Child," about a very curious child who taught us we might always try to answer their many questions." Ursula, Anchorage's local "fun goddess," sings during her atrium parties, acts on stage and off, dances everywhere and teaches music in her spare time.

In "The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe," a play by Jane Wagner, Trudy the bag lady is escorting her visitors from outer space:

"...we stopped to look at the stars.
And as usual,
I felt in awe.
And then I felt even deeper in awe at this capacity we have to be
in awe about something.

Then I became even more awestruck
at the thought that I was,
in some small way,
a part of that
which I was in awe about.

And this feeling went on
and on
and on....

Because at that moment you are most in awe of all there is
about life that you don't understand
you are closer to understanding it all
than at any other time."

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