Tess Talks

The Tess Effect—Planetarium

I can’t entirely review this show because I never got to see the end or the last speaker. A fire alarm forced us to evacuate the building, which of course, ended the show prematurely. I hope the speaker didn’t have to run outside wearing just underwear!

We left during Marc Dionne’s talk, and he was by far the best speaker of the bunch. There were some problems with some of the deliveries but that did not dismiss the power of the stories, nor the vulnerability of the speakers. I want to applaud all of them for their bravery in coming out to tell their tales. There were some important things to learn from their experiences—all towards building understanding of people’s challenges. I didn’t get to hear the resolution of Dionne’s story and I really want to know how it brought closure.

Even though I didn’t see it through the end, I feel qualified enough to write on what I saw—and what I saw was thoughtful, deep, personal and touching.

Ray Yuen