Sixty years ago,
you could simply take your children out into the barn;
even if you lived in the cities,
there were working men all around you.
Chances are your son would learn to use his body.
But more and more now the children are going to the Internet...
and the danger is that it will simply cause
deeper isolation among many young males
than they already have.
It is a lie to say that there is communication going on.
It is just a form of chatter.
True communication takes place
when two people are standing close to each other -
maybe a foot away -
so that you can feel when the other person is lying,
through his body.
~Robert Bly
you could simply take your children out into the barn;
even if you lived in the cities,
there were working men all around you.
Chances are your son would learn to use his body.
But more and more now the children are going to the Internet...
and the danger is that it will simply cause
deeper isolation among many young males
than they already have.
It is a lie to say that there is communication going on.
It is just a form of chatter.
True communication takes place
when two people are standing close to each other -
maybe a foot away -
so that you can feel when the other person is lying,
through his body.
~Robert Bly
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