Referring to the Japanese word kaidan, which can mean scary story or staircase, the production "is a metaphor for my reflection to the staircase of human ambition," as Ms. Garnica described it in her program notes.
With each fragment of living up there, I stand in front of the "mirror," waiting for my reflection to tell me what feels right, what needs tailoring, what to discard.
I'll give a little bit of my background, kind of a context for my reflections on the industry, so you can take them with a grain of salt, share some anecdotes from banking during the debt boom, and then also give a few tips, or steps that you could take today, if you're interested in it.
I hope my reflections will be useful for those who must determine the public health response to the threat of H5N1 in 2005.
So much for my reflections in response to some of the points that have been raised.
That summer would be a time of intense reflection for me on the state of my career, our family goals, and my quality of life.
Now, I've never squatted in my life, and I never would, because it is a phenomenally squalid and disgusting way to live your life, and I think that if I ever found myself bedding down in a squat I would look at my own reflection and weep for hours and hours wondering in what way I had wronged Jehovah so that he punished me in such a filthy, putrescent way, but squatting might be right for you.
She fell into reflection for a while.
There's not much time for reflection, for anyone.
