Helen’s World Views
On the United Nations:
Fogarassy fully supports the work of the United Nations as a vital forum for world peace, development and conflict management. Her views, however, are independent of the United Nations and are not endorsed by the organization.
On Global Society:
Fogarassy is the consummate New Yorker, deeply connected to roots in the American Midwest and her mother country, Hungary, as well as to her native continent of Europe. She sees European tradition and American innovativeness as fully compatible in unifying a global world in which the traditions of countries reach further back than that of either and in which the future belongs to all.
On Fiction and Non-fiction:
To Fogarassy, truth is stranger than fiction but fiction is the inroad to truth. The distance provided by fiction allows for recognition of hard truths about the self that are deflected by outside over-stimulants such as streaming instant news and reality shows in a “truth” saturated age even as the realm of human passion remains the “new frontier” as much as ever.
On Art and Commerce:
Fogarassy sees the two as inextricably entwined in a global world where “image” sells the product and “art” captures the essence of the product for the marketplace. In her view, good television commercials and political sound bites are excellent examples of the synergy between the two.
On Creativity in the Computer Age:
Information abounds in the electronic age and managing the information is still the challenge. Creative problem-solving remains the human hallmark, along with the breadth of communication skills.
On Electronic Communication and Print:
Web material is useful, informative, fun and largely ephemeral, in Fogarassy’s view. Hard copy is indispensable for deeper information absorption. To her, the role of editors, publishers, agents and emerging actors in modern communication is to transmit information worthy of permanence from a casual form to a quality worthy of endurance.
On the Future for Humanity:
In a global world, Fogarassy sees the world’s 200 countries in parallel with families. Loyalties start at home and outside interaction is learned. Cultural differences, affinities and biases are a fact. They can be either liabilities or stimulants for growth. The corollary hostilities, animosities and clashes of culture can either be prolonged or collaboratively addressed and managed
