I caint hep it, I’m quirky

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❝[I]t was very clear that people saw in their neighbours the thing they did not recognize in themselves.
As a rule, when the collective unconscious becomes really constellated in larger social groups, the result is a public craze, a mental epidemic that may lead to revolution or war or something of the sort. These movements are exceedingly contagious — almost overwhelmingly contagious because, when the collective unconscious is activated, you are no longer the same person. You are not only in the movement — you «are» it.❞
👴🏻: C.G. Jung, The Tavistock Lectures, Lecture II

For the last year, my front teeth have been breaking off at the gumline. All my teeth were capped thirty five years ago. When I was twelve a head injury somehow engendered a condition known as nocturnal bruxism, which broke all of my teeth from the back. By the time I was forty, something had to be done. In 1983 I found a good dentist in Austin and he did the job. Those crowns are still good but the underlying original teeth are breaking.

Yesterday a Mexican dentist, for whom I have nothing but the highest praise, installed three new teeth in as many empty spaces. Not only did that one-hour job change my allure, I couldn’t help but notice my self image began to mutate from not so good to lots better. I noticed myself trying out smiling and laughing…