Wondrous Words
Choices?
by Louise Anagnoson, Ph.D.
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Strict Imagine
Strictness Imagination
Restricted Open
Restriction Openness
Constrict Vulnerable
Constriction Vulnerability
Strictness of the parents Imagination of the parents
will be played out will be played out
played out played out
played out played out
as constriction as openness
of emotions of and by their children, of emotions of and by their children,
in their throats, in their throats,
and stomachs, and stomachs,
their hearts and their hearts and
their minds their minds
as well as their emotions. as well as their emotions.
And so it goes. And so it goes.
The knot in my stomach grows tighter
when it dawns that someone might think
I am writing about myself.
Oh, No!
This happened to someone I know.
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© 2007 Louise Anagnoson. All Rights Reserved.
Published with permission from the author.
To contact Louise, please visit email us at thecrew(at)imaginalinstitute.com.
About Louise Anagnoson, Ph.D.
Louise a doctorate in Mythological Studies in 2005. She is a mother and a grandmother and has been a social worker in D.C where she received her MSW. She has also worked with disabled adults in Santa Barbara. Presently she is a
bookie,(the legal kind) and work and reads in a used book store when she is not tending her garden.
Finding the Muses
Louise wrote this piece for one of the first classes offered by ImagineU, Finding the Muses: A Four Week Meeting with Inspiration, in Winter 2007. This course is an exploration of the archetypal energy of creativity: the Muses and Memory. You can find out more about ImagineU courses here.
