Ms. Shaw, best known as a stage actress, is a very physical Medea, at times quivering with passion, as ready to make love to her disloyal husband as she is to explode with violence.
The Great Recession and the Tea Party's ire, directed at Democrats and Republicans alike, suggest that this second political dispensation is coming to an end and that Americans' passions are ready to be redirected once again.
Indeed, Soviet whalers were among the first to experience Greenpeace's innovative protest style in 1975, when a handful of individuals tried to intercept whaling vessels in a media-ready passion play of cetacean blood and human bravado.
Himanen avoids dealing with the prominence of today's consumer society by wishing it away with the old "false consciousness" dismissals: "Only when work uses up all energy and people are too tired to enjoy the pursuit of their passions are they ready to be reduced to the passively receptive state suited for television".
Tchaikovsky characterises her as fragile, passionate and ultimately ready to die for her passion".
Though I've led a pretty charmed life, with family and friends I cherish and a profession that has been a passion, I wasn't ready to pack it in.
This event ignited my soul, fire and passion and I'm ready to pay it forward by helping you find your passion.
In the words of T.D. Jakes, "throw your whole self at it" and know that you are free to change your mind and move on to your next passion whenever you are ready.
She is joined by Santigold, who just released "Master of My Make-Believe" (Downthen/Atlantic), the polished overdue follow-up to her frenzied debut, "Santogold" (Downtown Atlantic), and the perky electropop troupe Passion Pit, who are readying the July delivery of their next album, "Gossamer" (Columbia).
Despite his passion, he didn't feel ready to get serious.
