I saw Karen Montanaro perform today and left feeling like I had just had a great massage.  As through her mime skills I could “see” walls, ropes, and walkways that were, in fact not there, the warmth of her presence and the kind import of her positive message to the young people of the audience were tangible.  I felt transported to a happy place, a place of imagination and fulfillment.  This may sound a bit like a religious experience but one of the best of its kind, where the mind and spirit are set free to float with balloons and dance with tigers.

As Wordsworth wrote, “There are in our existence spots of time, that with distinct pre-eminence retain a renovating virtue, whence . . . our minds are nourished and invisibly repaired.”  For me, this performance will be one of those precious spots of time.

Dear Karen, Thank you for sharing your art and magic with our students.

— Cynthia Reedy, Word Language Faculty, Hebron Academy.