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TPS6 Jane’s Notes February 17, 1981 2/6 (33%) auctions messages public volatile responsible
– The Personal Sessions: Book 6 of The Deleted Seth Material
– © 2017 Laurel Davies-Butts
– Jane’s Notes February 17, 1981 Monday

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At more mundane levels the same kind of problem arises when art is considered according to its utility, function, or social value—as opposed to the idea of art for its own sake. Instead, of course, art must first of all be a private adventure, sought for itself.

In a fashion, you consider the public arena of TV and tours in the same way that Joseph views the world of art galleries, shows, and auctions. You disdain it, while considering publishing acceptable. Besides this, it seems to you that such encounters involve a simplification and distortion by their very nature as far as your work is concerned, along with a unique kind of psychological disclosure that could be humiliating, lacking the proper frame of understanding. In a world in which women are considered passive and the trance largely feminine, you feel that the performance of a session could be too easily misread. This offends your sense of privacy while reading poetry to others does not.

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