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CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT QUESTIONS | accepting !!

1. How do they move and carry themselves? Pace, rhythm, gestures, energy?

surprisingly bad posture for a man of medicine ;  shoulders hunched forward at an age too young from having spent hours pouring over his work and carrying heavy bags from his home to school to his internship ( later in life, from his home to his work to countless house calls ) and back.   uneven rhythm of steps, heavier footfalls from his right – the side of his body weighed down by his medical bag.   in the streets, a rapid walking pace ;   in his office, more slow and measured.  subtle, helpful hand gestures demonstrative of whatsoever he’s talking about.  

stares at the ground when he thinks.   eyes glaze over, and the harder he’s thinking, the more his blinking slows.   pauses in his speech when he speaks, long pauses while he seeks to find the right words.  he always finds them, in the end — the comfort of his patients depends upon his ability to do so.  his speech is poetry written in slow motion ;  he needs only TIME to get it all out.

13. How do they greet the world — what is their typical attitude towards life? How does it differ in different circumstances, or towards different subjects? Why do they take these attitudes, and why do they change? How do these tend to be expressed?

he greets the world every morning in unison with the sun so he has time to eat a HEARTY breakfast and wash up before departing.  he doles out his energy in a steady stream all throughout the day.  it could be said he operates at a constant 95%, giving nearly his all to all that he does, while reserving just a bit for emergency circumstance.  

if there is one word to describe david hosack, it is WARM.  warms in all things.  he exudes comfort in the most tangible of ways: a steady hand on the shoulder, a tight and long-lasting embrace, whispered words of affirmation shared only with the intended recipient, information to shed light into the terrifying unknown.  other words: diligent, detail-oriented, ambitious, calculating.   he walks a delicate balance between overwhelming passion and careful hesitance ;   he walks it well, exceptionally so.  his patients benefit from this more than anyone, as he seeks to heal them timely, yet accurately.  

34. How do they understand the world–what kind of worldview and thought processes do they have?

his approach to the world is so multifaceted you could CUT yourself on all its sharp edges.  

his primary personal perspective on life’s greater mysteries is science.  his secondary is his faith.   the two dance around one another, swinging arms and stepping on toes, yet appear side-by-side in his writings (which are frequently ) both academic and personal.   tertiary – yet still of deep-seated importance – are the arts.  a devout fan of both the contemporary public theater and the study of classic literature in his own solitude, his worldview is constantly influenced by the media he consumes.