by Heidi Webb | Jan 20, 2021 | Uncategorized
“I appeared in Court on behalf of a client.” That sentence, spoken often by lawyers, somehow now seems a bit off the mark. What exactly is the appearance being made? If it’s “telephonic” or “on screen” as opposed to a physical presence, is “appearance” still the...
by Heidi Webb | Dec 18, 2019 | Uncategorized
Noah Baumbach’s insightful Marriage Story script was brought to life through the incredible acting of Adam Driver (Charlie) and Scarlett Johansson (Nicole). The film felt real, painfully accurate and palpably disturbing as it ushered us through the arc of a loving...
by Heidi Webb | Dec 13, 2019 | Uncategorized
When my son told me about Marriage Story, a movie that was then soon to be out in theatres and later on Netflix, he suggested I see it in a theatre in order to hear, see and feel the audience reactions. He’s a wise man, and so I followed his advice and went to...
by Heidi Webb | Oct 15, 2019 | Uncategorized
More and more often people in their 60’s and 70’s are reaching out to me for consultations, but not about themselves and “grey divorce” (something family lawyers talk about in terms of older divorcing clients), but about their adult children (who are in their 40’s and...
by Heidi Webb | Oct 3, 2019 | Uncategorized
What we see and what we don’t see informs how we understand the world, and consequently how we act and don’t act in it. Recently I heard three artists talk about how they made visible the concerns they had that are typically hidden from view; Stephen Tourlentes, who...
by Heidi Webb | Sep 24, 2019 | Uncategorized
The older I get, the younger seventy-five years old seems. So it was sobering this past week to note the deaths of two seventy-five years olds, NPR commentator Cokie Roberts and The Cars lead singer, Ric Ocasek, both of whom I consider to be cultural icons, albeit in...
