James K. Baxter Complete Prose Volume 3

Rigorous Emotional Honesty

Rigorous Emotional Honesty

1. Express feeling-states verbally.
2. Also, when possible, by physical action – embracing, punching etc., weeping.
3. Let feeling-states show on face.
4. Attack and contradict.
5. Use ‘I’ deliberately.
6. Agree when praised.
7. Improvise – no schedules.
8. Pour, don’t perk.

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