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HAPPY BIRTHDAY ORSON WELLES:; A Case Study in The Psychology of God

    May 6th is Orson Welles' birthday.   His life is one of the great and insightful case studies in the psychology of God. To this Blogger, God is the original inspiration for the film, the INVISIBLE MAN. God is the invisible entity; we cannot see him in our lives, but just like the people in the film, we can see God’s tracks in the snow, in the lives of men. The trick is to discern which tracks are manmade and which are His. The key to our understanding of the universe is that He does leave tracks. The following case study helps us define the nomenclature of the Invisible God leaving visible tracks in the snow: the fall of Orson Welles. ORSON WELLES. This Blogger suggests one read the Orson Welles biography written by Simon Callow (the actor who was the subject of the Funeral in FOUR WEDDINGS AND A FUNERAL). It seems Welles was unbelievably lucky until a certain point in his life, almost anointed. His upbeat fate included the stage success of the Mercury Theater, the ra...