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A senstivity to contradictions

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Jan 13, 2018
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From the Altarpiece of St. Margaret

Museé des Beaux Arts, Dijon

Master of the Cobourg Roundels, end 15th century 

I’m filled with contradictions.

The difference between awareness and the lack of awareness is the difference between seeing the contradictions as they manifest, and believing that there is nothing contradictory in me.

In reality, I’m made of many…

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