(btw- congrats on finsihing bleak house. I couldn’t)

last night i went and saw “water” by deepa mehta. a film about an 8 year old girl who becomes a widow.did i see anything about myself? no. did i learn something about another culture? yes. is that important to me? yes. why? because like you, i want to understand myself, understand my surroundings as much as possible. as a writer, this is paramount, and if we limit ourselves to what we know, we lose out. as someone who has travelled outside western society (ie. thailand) you should know this.