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 == Synopsis ==
+Larry attributes his 'gnawing sense of self-loathing' to how he looked
+(fat) in a recording of his one-man show,
+[https://www.nytimes.com/1998/05/14/theater/theater-review-in-an-immigrant-s-tatters-comfort-for-the-dreamers.html <i>Uncle Philip's Coat</i>].  He tells of people who tell him he has a
+wonderful life - but they don't have to live it.  Larry says people
+are shocked when he tells them he's an actor but they don't recognize
+him; he starts telling them he's a failed actor.  On a flight the
+person behind kicks his seat, but Larry doesn't want to confront him;
+when the plane lands, the guy recognizes Larry; he and his wife are
+excited to see him.
+:10: Jack Kornfield talks about the quality of love, quotes Merton,
+who uses rain as an example of non-judgment.
+:20: Larry tells Joe that he can't buy Dewar's on the road, buys John
+Barr (an inferior brand).  He recounts his performance of <i>Uncle
+Philip's Coat</i> at Hampshire College.  (It paid $1200.)  He forgot the
+clothes for the performance, had to buy them at a mall.<ref>The woman
+arranging his show is Pearl-Anne Margalit
+https://www.wmassjewishledger.com/2012/09/pearl-anne-margalit-heads-adl-major-gifts/</ref>
+He gets back home at 3 AM, has to fly to Seattle for
+[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chairs Ionesco's <i>The chairs</i>] at 6
+AM.  Larry complains that the play is nonsense, the death of the
+theatre, anti-theatre; he's dismayed that people take it seriously.
+He wants to walk out but needs the work.  Larry thinks that Joe isn't
+going to use this segment on his show.
+:50: Kornfield tells us that we all suffer pain, should be
+compassionate with ourselves.  He says one of the great practices is
+to pretend that you're enlightened and try to act that way.
+:50: Larry tells Joe that he has to go to bed, can't promise that he
+will use Larry's material on his show, won't pay him if he doesn't.
+Larry's unhappy with talking to Joe but not getting paid for it, tries
+to negotiate alternative payment; Joe refuses.
+:50: Kornfield quotes <i>Ecclesiastes</i>, 'To everything there is a
+season...'<ref>3:1</ref> to introduce the idea of things always
+changing, that we have to learn to accept it.  He tells the joke about
+the department store that asks a customer what the neighbors would
+think if they repossessed his furniture.  He tells the story of the
+fellow in a boat on the river, run into by an empty boat, then by one
+with a man in it.
+:20: Larry tells about acting in
+[https://www.facebook.com/theworkroomnyc <i>The Workroom</i>] in
+Baltimore about 1982.  It's about a sewing factory in Paris after the
+war.  They visit a sewing factory in Baltimore.  The workers there are
+contemptuous of them, tell them actors can't understand their work.
+Larry recurs to how Joe pays him.  Joe tells Larry that if he had to
+pay 'top dollar' for every conversation he couldn't afford it, would
+fire him.
+:40: Kornfield says that nothing can appease suffering but facing
+it.
+:10: Larry says there must be a Larry-Block following in Joe's
+audience, that Joe should advertise his works at the end of Joe's
+shows, as he does Kornfield's.
+:40: Kornfield asks how we can judge others when we don't know their
+stories.<ref>He mentions Stephen Levine and a hospice nurse he also
+mentioned in [[Karma (Part 7)]].</ref>
+:40: Larry and Joe talk about payment more.  Larry describes Joe's
+luxurious life (yachts, chauffeured limousines, olympic pool...)
+<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="width:100%; overflow:auto;">
+<div style="font-weight:bold;line-height:1.6;">Legacy Synopsis</div>
+<div class="mw-collapsible-content">
 *[[Larry Block]] - Considers his life/occupation as a mediocre actor.
 *[[Jack Kornfield]] - Talking Rain (solitude).
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 *Kornfield - How can we judge each other?  The Earth receives all things.  May I be at Peace.
 *Larry - Rates have gone up.  Larry claims Joe has a lavish life and can pay for him.
+</div></div>
 == Music ==
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 * [https://www.nytimes.com/1998/05/14/theater/theater-review-in-an-immigrant-s-tatters-comfort-for-the-dreamers.html Review of "Uncle Philip's Coat"]. Lawrence Van Gelder, ''The New York Times'', May 14, 1998.
+== Footnotes ==
 [[Category: Karma_Style]]
 [[Category: Larry Block]]