http://www.thekindlings.com/2007/04/05/inklings-20-podcast-live-at-hales-segment-2-of-3/ Intelligent, imaginative, hospitable explorations of ideas that matter in contemporary life. Sat, 13 Mar 2010 19:36:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://www.thekindlings.com/2007/04/05/inklings-20-podcast-live-at-hales-segment-2-of-3/comment-page-1/#comment-597 Linda Oswald Wed, 11 Apr 2007 02:08:37 +0000 http://www.thekindlings.com/2007/04/05/inklings-20-podcast-live-at-hales-segment-2-of-3/#comment-597 Long-distance relationships arent't new - written correspondence has been around a long time. What is new is the instant feature of our communication. But there is a calculated element to this relationship. We present ourselves as we wish to be seen. We manage our image to the Other - we almost cannot help it, even when we imagine we are unburdening ourselves of our inmost thoughts. If it can't bear the impact of the physical nature of our being, how fragile is it? How honest? Lo Long-distance relationships arent’t new – written correspondence has been around a long time. What is new is the instant feature of our communication. But there is a calculated element to this relationship. We present ourselves as we wish to be seen. We manage our image to the Other – we almost cannot help it, even when we imagine we are unburdening ourselves of our inmost thoughts. If it can’t bear the impact of the physical nature of our being, how fragile is it? How honest?
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