4. Another dichotomy -- and I'll dump these in a few moments -- is that between statements of truth and those of falsity, or perhaps more specifically between telling the truth and deceiving. I get this because of the soothing, yet mischievous, style in which you read your work. How is this particular form of play in your work related to your work as a therapist, where, one supposes, you are speaking truth only very strategically to your client? Is there an aesthetics to the way you present "truth" to your patients that is related to your work? |