{"id":824,"date":"2013-08-02T05:17:59","date_gmt":"2013-08-02T05:17:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/monochromist.com\/2013\/08\/02\/boxdub-void-dance-the-primal-choice-the\/"},"modified":"2017-07-09T20:44:03","modified_gmt":"2017-07-09T20:44:03","slug":"boxdub-void-dance-the-primal-choice-the","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/monochromist.com\/notes\/2013\/08\/02\/boxdub-void-dance-the-primal-choice-the\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"\n

boxdub<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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void-dance<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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The primal choice, the fork in the road, is between others\u2019 and one\u2019s own self. If the only way to maintain the self is to lose others, then the ordinary child will give up the self. Safety is a most basic and prepotent need for children, more primarily necessary by far than independence and self-actualization. If adults force this choice upon him, of choosing between the loss of one (lower and stronger) vital necessity or another (higher and weaker) vital necessity, the child must choose safety even at the cost of giving up self and growth.<\/p>\n

Abraham H. Maslow<\/a><\/p>\n

Toward a Psychology of Being<\/em>\u00a0(1968)<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/div>\n
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The impulses of a soul are the mark of its authenticity.<\/p>\n

Roland Barthes<\/a><\/p>\n

On Gide and His Journal<\/em>\u00a0(1942)<\/p>\n

A Barthes Reader<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

“The impulses of a soul are the mark of its authenticity.”<\/p>\n

Roland Barthes<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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