| | Taking responsibility for one's actions is paramount. I told my children, when they were small, that anything they do in life could end up as front-page news, and that if they find that thought uncomfortable, they could take it as a warning sign, or opportunity, to stop and rethink the situation... Are they proud of their actions? Can they stand by their choices with conviction? If not, what would Bryan Boitano do? (Silly South Park reference just for children. ;) Our ideals are our guides in life. Children are still forming their ideals and they naturally look to their heroes for guidance.)
Rand, Barbara and Nathaniel, are all responsible for the choices they have made. If I were in Barbara’s position, I would not have written about Rand’s personal life. (The ‘I can slam your heroes down to size' books, do nothing but depress me.) A person’s work can be executed in moments of perfect purity, clarity, and grace and there is always such a thing as a ‘do over’ before one’s art is published. Unfortunately, the way most people conduct their day-to-day lives rarely matches those precious moments, and there are no ‘do overs’ in real life. A flawed life does not negate the art resulting from that life. The ‘ideal’ is the goal, not the norm. The art defines the ideal.
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