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But wherever you are, whatever your origins or roots, you have some critical questions to answer. They are? Where have I come from or how did I get here? What am I doing here or where do I stand? Am I right? Middle? Left? Nowhere? Haven't a clue? I like this last position because it's honest and because it gives writing a chance. The mind's not pre-set. It's open. Receptive even. It gives writing a space to explore, check out, test. You'll notice the language I've got myself into here is not monochrome.

In this story, the god is Psyche's phantom lover visiting her at night. She is forbidden to look at him, but like Orpheus she cannot resist taking a peek while he sleeps. Fatally a speck of hot lamp oil drops on his shoulder as she bends over his sleeping form. He wakes, sees Psyche looking at him, and vanishes, Eurydice-like. Psyche is condemned to wander the world as a love-lost soul until Jupiter takes pity on her and unites her with her divine lover. The story is a reverse image of the Orpheus narrative.

Compare your confession with judgements others have made about you. Now be kind to yourself and write about the likeable bits of you. Recall the favourable comments others have made about you. How do yours and theirs compare? Have they missed some of your virtues? Most people are too hard on themselves. Look after yourself. Write a complimentary self-portrait. Imagine some mysterious policeman comes to the door saying he has to make some necessary enquiries. About what exactly he will not say.

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