Very interesting. Thank you for sharing.
Liezl
On 01 Oct 2016 6:51 PM, "lynxdn@xxxxxxxxx [ConstellationTalk]" <
ConstellationTalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I just finished reading Anne Truitt's Prospect (most famous for her first
memior, Daybook, and for her modern art sculptures). On page 203 she
wrote:
With the birth of the grandchildren who followed him, the distance at
which I first saw Sam opened out into a landscape with which I have come to
see the whole family in new perspective. I observe that its constellation
is constantly inflected b the intersection of various personal destinies.
The predisposing cause of conflict and confusion seem to me unknowable.
Effect are equally incalculable. Neither cause nor effect can be
controlled, though they an be contained. But only at a cost. Because in its
very nature love creates vulnerability, the suffering of any one member
is felt by all. All have to make adjustments. Pain has first to be
acknowledged, not denied, belittled or brushed over, and then absorbed from
the different points of view involved. This refraction breaks it up,
reduces its force, and illuminates it in such multiple ways that the
afflicted individual can be comforted by empathy, or if that fails, by
loyal sympathy.
I have slowly come to realize that a family is composed of people who
are teaching one another. Healthy mutual development in this cave of the
winds depends on recognition of a common responsibility. If we bring to
bear generosity of spirit along with intelligent effort toward equilibrium,
I notice, the air we breathe as a family is refreshed by life-enhancing
changes.
Emphasis added.
No evidence in the text that in 1992 she knew about Family Constellations.
John Perkins, Seattle, WA USA
