Comments on: Art Guilt IV: One World, One Heart, Make Art http://www.farrfeed.com/2009/11/08/world-heart-art/ John Farr's Blog, Books, Video, & Audio from Taos, New Mexico Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:31:51 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: JHF http://www.farrfeed.com/2009/11/08/world-heart-art/comment-page-1/#comment-3059 JHF Mon, 09 Nov 2009 01:55:53 +0000 http://www.farrfeed.com/?p=5599#comment-3059 Another commenter used the term “emotional orphan” not too long ago. It’s very apt. I’ve often said I feel like an orphan, because I never got the benefit of either unconditional mother’s love or the support that real fathering brings. A double whammy! I had ways of dealing with this earlier in my life, although they were all unconscious, because I didn’t understand what had happened to me. And of course they didn't really work, or I'd be typing this from my private island. Now I do know what went down, and the old strategies are out the window! It's like finding myself alone in the cockpit of a aircraft that's running out of gas, and I have to learn to fly it by myself. Another commenter used the term “emotional orphan” not too long ago. It’s very apt. I’ve often said I feel like an orphan, because I never got the benefit of either unconditional mother’s love or the support that real fathering brings. A double whammy! I had ways of dealing with this earlier in my life, although they were all unconscious, because I didn’t understand what had happened to me. And of course they didn’t really work, or I’d be typing this from my private island.

Now I do know what went down, and the old strategies are out the window! It’s like finding myself alone in the cockpit of a aircraft that’s running out of gas, and I have to learn to fly it by myself.

]]> By: Bobbie Jo http://www.farrfeed.com/2009/11/08/world-heart-art/comment-page-1/#comment-3057 Bobbie Jo Sun, 08 Nov 2009 23:38:49 +0000 http://www.farrfeed.com/?p=5599#comment-3057 Holy Smokes John! I believe that emotions, especially fear and stress, can bring illness. So many of us figure that out way too late. But you've fine tuned yours like a light switch. So is the trick now to genuinely feel good, so that you feel good? I'm sure you'll keep us posted. All the best, Bobbie Jo PS I know what I think an emotional orphan is, but how would you define it? Holy Smokes John! I believe that emotions, especially fear and stress, can bring illness. So many of us figure that out way too late. But you’ve fine tuned yours like a light switch. So is the trick now to genuinely feel good, so that you feel good? I’m sure you’ll keep us posted. All the best, Bobbie Jo

PS I know what I think an emotional orphan is, but how would you define it?

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