{"id":551,"date":"2021-08-28T14:12:20","date_gmt":"2021-08-28T14:12:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/louisalovegallas.com\/?p=551"},"modified":"2021-11-19T18:41:02","modified_gmt":"2021-11-19T18:41:02","slug":"it-wasnt-just-my-life-on-that-stage-so-was-my-purpose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/louisalovegallas.com\/?p=551","title":{"rendered":"NYT OPINION: It Wasn\u2019t Just My Life on That Stage. So Was My Purpose."},"content":{"rendered":"\n[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.6.5&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.0&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;|||4px||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.6.5&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<!-- divi:paragraph -->\n<p>\u00a0<a data-testid=\"story-section\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/section\/opinion\">Opinion<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"css-1vkm6nb ehdk2mb0\">\n<h1 id=\"link-68f63a32\" class=\"css-15m43iq e1h9rw200\" data-testid=\"headline\">It Wasn\u2019t Just My Life on That Stage. So Was My Purpose.<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"article-summary\" class=\"css-w6ymp8 e1wiw3jv0\"><\/p>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" title=\"It Wasn\u2019t Just My Life on That Stage. So Was My Purpose.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/svc\/oembed\/html\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2021%2F09%2F29%2Fopinion%2Fmet-opera-new-york-memoir.html#?secret=XY2hZsA38V\" data-secret=\"XY2hZsA38V\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Louisa Gallas | Michigan<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dear Mr. Blow, your equilibrium shines through in your reflections today, you are thrilled yet definitely convey you wrote your memoir as a service, as is the opera. Your autobiography is for the collective, as are your fierce, loving, truthful op Eds that document our country like an unfolding memoir of America. I do hope in some private moment you experience the heart-thumping ecstasy of being honored in the Met\u2019s pioneer moment of a first Black opera. A shining praise song. Let all the guardedness and humility go, to feel how totally amazing you are. Let joy flow through you, one your many fans are feeling, mixed with glorious admiration as we have followed you for many years.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- \/divi:paragraph -->[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0Opinion It Wasn\u2019t Just My Life on That Stage. 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