Category Archives: Definitions
Semantics of Breathing
I believe one writes because one has to create a world in which one can breathe. _Anais Nin Writing means a great many different things to me. A few years ago, someone close to me said that writing was my … Continue reading
Posted in Anais Nin, Breathing Lessons, Choice, creature, Definitions, experience, Memory, perspective, Quotations, Semantics, Subjectivity, views, writing
Tagged Anais Nin, blog, breathing, change, creation, creature, Definitions, exist, full-circle, god-like, hubris, meaning, my world, perspectives, pride, Semantics, views, writing
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In The Way of the Fox
The fox, the Wild Thing, Masks, the socialization process blanket, and how it all fits together. Continue reading
Posted in Blanket, boundaries, Choice, creature, Definitions, Family, Fox, Friends, Journal Writing, Logic, Masks, socialization process, Society, wild thing
Tagged actions and choices, avatars, backtracking, Definitions, example, family as basic social unit, footprints, Fox, Friends, group, history, hounding pursuers, inadequate, inappropriate, individual, influence, lacking in logic, Masks, masquerade ball, membership, peer group, secret society, skewed view, socialization process blanket, target, unbalanced, wild thing
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Personal Take Cont. (WT, as well)
I came home from the hospital to a totally different environment than the one I had left beneath the rear wheel of my father’s big black Pontiac. My world had been altered and, when I looked in the mirror, … Continue reading
Posted in Biography, boundaries, change, child, Definitions, experience, Family, Life, pain, Personal Story, Self-Awareness, wild thing
Tagged altered, beliefs, bogey man, change, comfort zone, different, don't fit in, embraced, Family, four year old, garbled, home, hospital, interpretations, lonely, misfit, not belonging, outside view, resistance, skewed, sniff, survival, uncomfortable in own skin, what's to be gained, worldview
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Wild Thing III
A Definition and an Example: First things first. What exactly do I mean by the term Wild Thing? I do not mean some sort of slavering monster bent on total annihilation of you, me, or anyone else. I am … Continue reading
Posted in conformity, Creativity, Definitions, expression, Family, Growth, Inner Voices, Life, Poetry, Psycho Within, socialization process, Walt Whitman, wild thing
Tagged child, defintion, desire to create, example, inner howl, nipping at heels, parent, personal, Poetry, poets, Psycho Within, silent learning, Song of Myself, to express, urge, Walt Whitman, wild thing
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Oh No, It’s Mom!
You’ve planned it all out. You have carefully chosen the words. You begin to express your feelings about some behavior your child has engaged in. It’s going pretty well, your son or daughter seems to be getting the message, when … Continue reading
Posted in By Rote, Choice, Definitions, Family, Growth, Journal Writing, Memory, Self-Awareness, Uncategorized
Tagged acceptable behavior, actions, crafted in wood, creative pursuits, critique, define, definition, explanation, foreign, impressionable children, jargon, job well done, language, learn by experience, Mom, never too old to learn, opinion, paint, parents, place in the world, public showing, repetitive words, separate entity, siblings, simple exercise, Stream of Consciousness Writing, talking with your child, unacceptable, unique individuality, vehemently disagree, worldview
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