In psychology, compensation is a strategy whereby one covers up, consciously or unconsciously, weaknesses, frustrations, desires, or feelings of inadequacy or incompetence in one life area through the gratification or (drive towards) excellence in another area.
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Day/Page/Sketch #105
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One of Betye Saar’s better-known and controversial pieces is that entitled “The Liberation of Aunt Jemima.” It is a “mammy” doll carrying a broom in one hand and a shotgun in the other, and placed in front of the Aunt Jemima’s syrup labels.
Day/Page/Sketch #102
World, hold on, instead of messing with our future
Tell me no more lies
World, hold on, one day you will have to answer
To the children of the sky.
Day/Page/Sketch #101
In 1958 Dickens separates from his wife after 22 years of marriage. He was 46. She gave him 10 children. In 1960 Great Expectations gets published.
Day/Page/Sketch #100
The song Old Clenn mentioned in this page comes from the parade on St. Clement’s Day, blacksmiths’ patron saint, November 23rd.
Day/Page/Sketch #97
The reviews of Great Expectations when if was first published were scathing.
Day/Page/Sketch #96
A kiss may be grand but it won’t pay the rental on your humble flat or help you at the automat.
Day/Page/Sketch #95
Herbert Pocket and Pip fight bareknuckled, as per the fighting rules of the Marquess of Queensberry.
Day/Page/Sketch #94
Laughing, Lucky Four Leaved Clover
Is a most a atrocious rover;
Doesn’t stay long in one place
Goes and never leaves trace.
Day/Page/Sketch #93
According to Carl Jung, the main purpose of our existence is to individuate, to understand that we are completely distinct from other individuals.
Day/Page/Sketch #92
Birthdays are your own personal New Year’s Day, when we look toward the coming year. In astrological language this is known as a Solar Return: the precise moment that the Sun returns to its exact position in your birth chart. The Solar Return reading can be used as a way of predicting what parts of your life will be prominent in the coming year (from birthday to birthday).



