Donald
Christopher Windecker, who disappeared in 1994 while diving in Lake
Tahoe. He was found at a depth of 264 feet in 2011. The extreme temperatures (around 38 degrees) preserved his body remarkably well.
Storytelling, with its tricks, its smoothing, cobbling and evading, may be our oldest hack. But if it gives us something we keep needing, it outlives the storyteller and all the décor. For me, the staying power of It’s a Wonderful Life comes from its two gifts. It keeps faith with human goodness and doesn’t pretend the world isn’t broken, that we don’t need help.
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