At a festival, I am in costume. The vast majority of patrons ignore costumed performers because they want to be left alone to enjoy the show, rendering me effectively invisible. Until I choose to interact, I am extremely well-dressed scenery. Important point: I choose to interact; no one pushes interaction on me.
Spot on.
We create "someone else" to be. THAT person has the characteristics we choose to imbue into him, and we are safe behind it. We can also drop it like a throwaway handgun and flee the scene whenever it becomes necessary.
I developed an entire other person to step into like putting on a pair of coveralls when I was a Shriner. That is such an in-your-face and in-your-space world I had to develop my "Shriner Face". We even called it that. I was playing a part. Interaction was glib, glad-handing, and completely superficial. John was downstairs watching a reality show about a fraternal organization.
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branchandroot
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Date: 2009-04-17 14:25 (UTC)Spot on.
We create "someone else" to be.
THAT person has the characteristics we choose to imbue into him, and we are safe behind it.
We can also drop it like a throwaway handgun and flee the scene whenever it becomes necessary.
I developed an entire other person to step into like putting on a pair of coveralls when I was a Shriner. That is such an in-your-face and in-your-space world I had to develop my "Shriner Face". We even called it that. I was playing a part. Interaction was glib, glad-handing, and completely superficial. John was downstairs watching a reality show about a fraternal organization.