Playing Alone By Herself Wild Thing prefers her solitude. Around
others, she’s totally out of her element. “You have your memories,” she tells
herself, “You have your heart. Cold
readers will approach you. Psychics will say, ‘There’s an older figure in
your life.’ Mentalists will make Barnum statements that seem personal, yet play to anyone. They’ll tell you, ‘I
sense you’re sometimes insecure, especially with people you don't know very
well’ or ‘You have a box of old unsorted photographs in your house.’ Cons will throw you the Rainbow Ruse––‘Most of the
time you are positive and cheerful, but there has been a time in the past when
you were very upset.’ They’ll say, ‘You are a very
kind and considerate person, but when somebody does something to break your
trust, you feel deep-seated anger’ or ‘I would say that you are mostly shy and
quiet, but when the mood strikes, you can easily become the center of
attention.’" [Published
in The Ongoing Saga I Told My Daughter:
Expanded Edition. ©
2016 by Jim Cohn.] |
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