Voices

To be very honest, I enjoyed the first Voices performance a lot more. While I appreciate the voices of other students very much, I found it a little strange that they would be willing to share certain things with the entire student body–strangers, really. It soon became obvious to me that these monologues were written in the hopes that they would be read out loud for the entire world to hear, and my inner cynic fed on the thought that these monologues were pretentious or, to be frank, attention seeking. But I rebuked myself, as I realized that these judgements were based on my own standards and ideas. Others may have found these monologues to be edifying or even encouraging. I personally find it uncomfortable to speak about my life to others, but that does not constitute as a universal social norm. Once I put that aside, I was able to appreciate the performance a lot more. Baruch needs a creative outlet, and the monologues are a very good way to go about it.