I think 'over-analysing' is a phrase that's often bandied about, but I find it rather...umm... ...critical.
'Critical' is an interesting word, too. It can refer to an assessment, like a critical discussion, but it can also pertain to a negative emotional attack.
Objective analysis of a piece of creative work is very different from a subjective emotional one, but the creative process is often intertwined with emotions. Perhaps being mindful of your emotional response might oil the cogs a little.
I suppose it's the reverse of the technique I described earlier: instead of removing the interference of anxiety, or frustration from the creative process, remove the creative process and focus on the emotions.
I probably use both, depending upon the creative medium.
Damn, now I have to 'fess up how small time it was.
I made some costumes for armature animation puppets on a pre-war cast iron sewing machine in my front room and baking the tiny clay buttons in my gas oven.
One of the films was shown at the Welsh Film Festival, so I went from poor Jewish tailor to film star in a thirteen minute train journey. It was really bizarre.
Usually, my head sorts things out while I'm thinking about something else, I'll have an ahaa! moment and go back to work.
Failing that, I've designed some of my best theatrical costumes playing bubblehit. There's something about distracting myself with an utterly mindless task, allowing my head to work without interference which works for me.
I think it takes away the element of pressure to perform, or any anxiety associated with that.
He didn't call himself a vegetarian. I often think that when we judge others for what they eat, it's actually about the self-narrative we have about our own dietary choices.
In the process of researching, altering and experimenting with our own diet, we have a verbal map, "This is good to eat, this is bad to eat...." for whatever reasons. We then feel a need to vocalise the boundaries we've set ourselves and project it on to other people as a way of reinforcing it.
Get a bulb in late Autumn and break it up into cloves. Shove the cloves into the ground. I've grown them in shady, fairly damp places.
In the spring they come up like spring onions (scallions) and are called 'wet garlic' on this side of the pond. You can put them in anything including salads and sandwiches.
If you don't eat them all they'll produce a seed head which looks like a mini garlic bulb. It'll drop and give you another crop the next year.
Wet and wild garlic risotto is amazing, if you can find some wild garlic in the woods. It's illegal to pick wild flowers and plants over here, but I know a spot where the council strims them back on the edge of the woods and I get there before they do in the spring.
The flowers of chives, garlic chives and wild garlic are great for a flavourful, colourful garnish, too.
Pescatarian - no meat Vegetarian - no meat, or fish Vegan - no meat, fish, eggs, dairy, honey, waxed lemons, wool, silk, or leather clothes, animal testing, blah, blah. Plant based diet - no animal products in the diet, but I'm not/can't afford to bin my favourite woolly jumper.
I disagree with you that people must stop eating all of a certain food stuff to achieve a proper label. I think people can eat what they damn well please.
The labels define the food, not the person.
It's also wise to alter diet gradually as radical changes can lead to all sorts of health issues.
The problem with insisting that people have the label rather than the food having it, is that it puts people off from eating more vegetarian, or vegan dishes. It's far more productive that people feel they can try and enjoy a veggie dish at their liberty, rather than being under the threat of the vegan police.
I don't eat animal products, some grains, or some fruit and veg.
The reasons are a mixture of allergies, ethics and health.
And some things I just don't like: I'll only eat floury pulses like kidney beans cold in a salad because I don't like the texture of them when they're hot. I'll use a waxier broad bean in a veggie chilli. Not very traditional, I know, but I like them.
I realise this makes me the fussiest of fuss arses, but there are a lot of herbs, spices, vegetables and creativity in the world.
Mushrooms don't like me, but they're not flavourless. White button mushrooms are the mildest, but there are plenty of others like field, chestnut, or porcini (ceps) mushrooms which have a stronger flavour. If you griddle a dryer mushroom like the chestnut it can have a crispier texture, or blend them as a mushroom and red wine pâté you can avoid the rubbery texture.
The photos you posted in your other thread of attractive young women slouching sends a body language message: it says this person is relaxed and uninhibited. They're not being self-conscious about their body. It gives off a message of confidence and openness. It's appealing and open.
Slouching can also send off other messages and can be indicators of other states of mind: hunched shoulders can indicate anxiety, or fear. Rounded shoulders with head cast down can indicate defeat, or a burden as in 'carrying a weight on their shoulders'.
A while back I worked with a manager who couldn't cope with the slightest confrontation over practical issues, as if everything was a personal criticism. His posture reminded me of a frightened whippet, back curved all the way down his spine, legs bent and tail tucked under. Every fibre of his being seemed to speak this message of avoidance.
If certain emotions, or mindsets are habitual, the connected body language may become habitual, too. Once a posture becomes a habit, muscles and bones will develop to maintain that position.
To stop habitual slouching, not only do you have to work against how your muscles and bones have adapted, but you need to resolve the mindset behind the posture in order to maintain it.
It kind of works both ways: gaining confidence, for example, helps you stand tall, but standing tall also helps with feeling confident.
You have listed 'biological single mother' at the top and 'biological father' at the bottom to distance the comparison, whilst other related options are sequential.
What do you get out of this trolling business?
I really can't fathom it.
I watched some interviews recently and despite all protestations of freedom of speech, political agendas, shaking people out of accepting the status quo and 'victim' self-selection, even those who displayed the most narcissistic and psychopathic leanings in their trolling behaviours displayed some shame and discomfort when confronted.
Jono mentioned the word 'Kintsugi' on another thread, so I looked it up.
For many years I have been repairing clothes, upholstery and other cloth items using fine materials and aesthetic designs without ever knowing about Kintsugi.
Now I realise how much healing work I have been doing.
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