Unsaid
Impressions of those we meet are often what they (the meeted) project. Bits of truth are often magnified… and editing is all important. One might even say that this sort of “projection” is an art form.
Impressions of those we meet are often what they (the meeted) project. Bits of truth are often magnified… and editing is all important. One might even say that this sort of “projection” is an art form.
I get this at scifi lit conventions and it’s very hard – at time impossible – to return in kind. I think that it’s not so much a delusional exercise as it is a projection (good word, Brig) of both inward hope and outward best wishes. It is, in effect, the use of one’s skills in writing applied to one’s social skills. And the more confident you are of either set of skills, the less the former is required to fill in the gaps of the latter. But beware! Although self-confidence in your writing can lead to less bragging to your peers, make sure that it does NOT lead to snobbishness or elitism! There is ALWAYS somebody better than you! Be content with the gifts you have, polish and improve as you are able, be humble enough to learn from others, and always write with purpose and without meanness.
And those who are really good at projecting a different persona can be called by another name–con artists! Though we might all be accused at some time or another of that. It’s basically a fallback on an old defense mechanism from the stone age days. If we look big and scary something might not eat us, or we might be a good chief!
If we all told the truth about who we are, what we do and what we like, ultimately no one would talk to anyone else, EVER.