| Chapter 5: | The Subtle Marks of Vulnerability |
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We actively resist perceiving; we are oblivious to the world of perception, unconscious as it were, but these are different tales told: active resistance and cultural trance.
A stance of resistance refuses my sensual engagement with the world and the engagement of the world with self. I bury what it is I do not want to see, forget that this also creates my world. I do not want to see my world lying dead on the sidewalk; nevertheless, it is. Our choices are not always clear. Protection helps us perceive our experience. A mark, a scarred body.
What position protects us in our vulnerable being? How can we see that which we do not want to see? Seeing can be formed so it teaches empathic engagement, reciprocity. An oblique approach, time, and respect all come to my aid.22