In my speaking my truth and reaching out to connect in my fear, my stark vulnerabilities and my hope, on the eve of an unexpected operation for hematoma -- right after the mastectomy -- I might have been just that -- courageous.
The blunt, vulnerability of Sinead O'Connor's shorn head appears stark as she stands on a large stage in the beautiful converted church of St Luke's.
But all shred of machismo was excised, replaced by startling melody, stark expressions of vulnerability and lyrics that reached for the existential.
A disaster is good if, for nothing else, bringing into stark relief the vulnerabilities of a community.The World Trade Center attack in 2001 stands on its own, but two years later was a better indication of how the city's ability to cope had been transformed from the 1970s.
In a stark recognition of Los Angeles' vulnerability to a major earthquake, the city on Friday enacted the nation's most sweeping seismic regulations, requiring an estimated 15,000 buildings be retrofitted so they will better withstand violent shaking.
The severity of this year's rainstorms and flooding shines a stark light on the vulnerability of people living in coastal lowlands.
These disasters, as well as the continued conflicts in Colombia and Haiti, provide stark reminders of the vulnerability of many communities throughout the continent, of the shortcomings of emergency preparedness efforts and, sometimes, of the inadequacy of humanitarian response.
Such stories throw into stark relief the flaws and vulnerabilities of the billion-pound so-called voluntourism sector, which has been criticised for years by NGOs and responsible tourism experts.
At the school gates, on the first week of term, my fellow mothers and I shook our heads in despair, horrified at how effective a ploy it was – a stark reminder of the innocence and vulnerability of our children.
