My Life As A Journey
Social Science/History | Registration opens 1/5/2026 12:00 AM MST (Arizona)
Many people have described how life is a journey—getting from one place to another. One of the best known is Jaques’s long speech from Shakespeare’s play As You Like It, which begins, “All the world’s a stage, And all the men and
women merely players; They have their exits and their entrances; And one man in his time plays many parts, His acts being seven ages” (Act 2, Scene 7). A very brief summary of the journey of life is the riddle of the Shinix in Sophocles’ play Oedipus: “What goes on four legs in the morning, two legs at noon, and three legs in the evening?” In this workshop, we will discuss a wide range of metaphors that could apply to our lives.
Duane Roen
Roen, Duane - has been tracing his roots since his teenage years, building a database with more than 32,000 ancestors. He and his wife, Maureen Roen, have also been recording their family history since 1978 by writing more than 19,000 daily journal entries on their children and other family members. Combining his professional and personal interests, Duane worked with colleagues to establish courses on writing and recording family history at Arizona State University. He also is founding coordinator of the Project for Writing and Recording Family History in the College of Integrative Sciences and Arts at ASU.