A living history is a history that turns the pupil from student to player. To rise from the level of pupil to player requires looking into our collective shadow, letting go of official myths and seeing things as they are. It requires unlearning what we have learned. It requires forgiving those who taught us things that turned out to be not true, or failed to tell us what was true. It is not always a pretty picture. It is, however, a real one. When mastered, it starts the student on a journey of taking life with both hands to create something true and beautiful. Each of us can say, “I am a part of a great story and that story is not over yet – I have something to say about how it goes.”

~ Catherine Austin Fitts, from Living History