If we are animals, it seems perfectly natural for people to fear each other, and to react with aggression (fight) or withdrawal (flight). However civilized we want to be, instinct can rule.

The more varied our experience (real or imagined?), the greater our flexibility and tolerance for the unknown.

The ability to watch oneself is the ability to change.

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Surely if you hate and fear the "good" as much as the "bad", they both occur quite evenly!

When people reveal themselves (as artists inevitably do), they move us forward, positively.