This book examines online dating from the "inside," using in-depth interviews with dating website members to reveal—and keenly analyze—what relationships and romance in the 21st century are really like.
Author: John C. Bridges
Publisher: ABC-CLIO
ISBN: 9780313399510
Category: Computers
Page: 154
View: 711
This book examines online dating from the "inside," using in-depth interviews with dating website members to reveal—and keenly analyze—what relationships and romance in the 21st century are really like.
The Illusion of Intimacy: Discovering John Ashbery — in honor of Ashbery's 80th
Birthday Seven years ago, I grew obsessed with “Errors”—the poem, that is, in
Ashbery's first book, Some Trees. In particular, the first line fascinated me: ...
Author: Randall Mann
Publisher: Diode Editions
ISBN: 9781939728302
Category: Literary Criticism
Page: 156
View: 440
The Illusion of Intimacy: On Poetry brings Randall Mann’s characteristic wit, fearlessness, and attention to language, to twenty years of critical works, including reviews of early books by Laura Kasischke and Vijay Seshadri; essays on Shame, Money, and Forgetting; appreciations of Thom Gunn and John Ashbery; and two interviews. This incisive collection—a combination of criticism, close reading, autobiography, exuberance, and occasional irritation—offers a look into the mind of one of America’s finest formalists, revealing how the compression and vulnerability of the lyric draws us closer to, while asking us to resist, the limitations, freedoms, and intimacies of poetry.
The normal way to achieve intimacy is to reach out to other people. For the addict
, where the primary relationship is with the addictive substance, the illusion of intimacy means pursuing the addictive high and excluding other people. The
high ...
Author: Steven L. Edwards
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 9781462877041
Category: Self-Help
Page: 120
View: 767
This is a self-help resource for bereaved persons who are looking for sound, comprehensive grief education to assist in the necessary and often painful work of grief. Suggestions for how to use this information can be found below. The content of this resource is designed and intended for educational and informational purposes only. It should not be considered personal, professional advice, nor should it be used as a substitute for professional care. Because each persons reactions to grief are different, I recommend you consult with a health-care professionalphysician, nurse, counselor, clergyfor assurance that my information and your interpretation of it is applicable in your situation.
The matter of intimacy becomes more complicated when we realize it involves a
relationship to ourselves as well as to others. This insight challenges the illusion
that intimacy with others is the sole comforter of our feelings of loneliness.
Author: Lawrence H. Staples
Publisher: Fisher King Press
ISBN: 9780981034447
Category: Self-Help
Page: 91
View: 351
Who we most deeply are is mirrored in our artistic work. Our need for mirroring simultaneously attracts us to and repels us from our creative callings and relationships. It is one of life's great dilemmas. Artist's block and lover's block flow from the same pool. Often, we fear deeply the very thing needed to create original art, to experience intimate relationships and to live authentic lives: we are frightened by the impulse to be fully revealed to ourselves, and to others, as this most often entails exposing the unacceptable shadowy aspects of our humanity and risking rejection. Mirrors in all their manifold guises permit us to safely see and experience ourselves in reflection and become better acquainted with the rejected, ostracized aspects of our personalities. Creative work is one of the few places where we can truly express and witness lost aspects of our authentic selves. Within us a treasure beckons. This is what we spend our lives pursuing. What slows and distracts us is not the object we long for, but where we search. To find this precious gem, we must eventually return to our own creative spirits.
This timely, intelligent book will alter not only the way we seek intimate relationships, but the way we live them.
Author: Stan Katz
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0547630670
Category: Self-Help
Page: 344
View: 592
The quest for true love appeals to us all — and yet the real thing is painfully elusive. According to Dr. Stan Katz, men and women today don't really know what to look for in a mate, or even how to love once we find one. No one teaches us. What's more, the images of love we absorb from society, the media, and popular culture are superficial and misleading. The result is false love — relationships based on illusions of what we think love should be rather than an appreciation of what it is. False Love and Other Romantic Illusions is about the mistakes we all make in love, why we make them, and how we can correct them. Using in-depth case histories, Dr. Katz traces the course of false love from early childhood conditioning to adolescent crushes to adult relationships. He shows how our first misconceptions about love lead to mistakes, and how mistakes become patterns. But the patterns of false love can be broken, and Dr. Katz points the way, with a practical, far-reaching program for achieving and sustaining true love. This timely, intelligent book will alter not only the way we seek intimate relationships, but the way we live them.
A startling intimacy can certainly emerge on a public stage, but it is always crafted
with an awareness of the audience. We don't have vocabulary to ... The
pornographer's skill is to create the illusion of intimacy and privacy where neither
exists.
Author: Jacqueline Olds
Publisher: Beacon Press
ISBN: 9780807000359
Category: Psychology
Page: 228
View: 975
In our culture it's more socially acceptable to be depressed than to be lonely. Yet loneliness is the inevitable by-product of our frenetic contemporary lifestyle. In this marvelously acute critique of how we live, Drs. Jacqueline Olds and Richard S. Schwartz show how the American way of life can lead to social isolation. Calling on their extensive clinical experience, new social surveys, and recent research on the effects of social exclusion, Olds and Schwartz uncover the ripple effects of social isolation in areas as varied as physical health, children's emotional problems, substance abuse, violent crimeeven global warming.
However, this disruption of human bonds, in reality, hides a deep illusion: the illusion of freedom and empowerment of a 'Homo Augmentatus' with an '
Augmented responsibility'. The increasing trend of closing the human-technology
gap ...
Author: David Kreps
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 9783319448053
Category: Computers
Page: 345
View: 265
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 12th IFIP TC 9 International Conference on Human Choice and Computers, HCC12 2016, held in Salford, UK, in September 2016. The 26 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 34 submissions. The papers deal with the constantly evolving intimate relationship between humans and technology. They focus on three main themes: ethics, communications, and futures.
Indeed , this illusion of intimacy transformed public perceptions of , and
expectations from , the presidency and constitutes one of Roosevelt's most
enduring , though troublesome , legacies . In 1936 , Roosevelt's overwhelming
reelection ...
Author: Patrick J. Maney
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520216377
Category: Biography & Autobiography
Page: 255
View: 220
Franklin D. Roosevelt is the only 20th-century president consistently ranked by historians with the Founding Fathers and Abraham Lincoln. His leadership in the dark hours of the Depression and the Second World War has endowed him in the eyes of many with an aura of greatness. This book reexamines Roosevelt's life and legacy--for good and for ill. 16 illustrations.
Two days ago, he'd determined the way to get closer to the subject was to create the illusion of intimacy. Right this very second, holding Dee in his arms, she was
anything but a subject whose personal habits were nothing more important to ...
Author: Jamie Denton
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 1459200195
Category: Fiction
Page: 224
View: 836
FBI agent Chase Bracken has the unsavory job of tracking down a rogue agent. His only solid lead is the guy's sister, sexy Dr. Dee Romine. Working undercover, Bracken will do anything to get his man...or woman. Including making love to the delectable doctor. Dee is overwhelmed by the new "high school coach" in town. Chase seems to have infiltrated her life, her senses, her body...in a short time. She's breaking her own rules and letting emotion sway her. And Dee's certain he's doing the same. Yet something doesn't add up. Could she be sleeping with the enemy?
For many years, Ellen had lived under the illusion that intimacy was formed on
the high peaks and low valleys of the emotional landscape. She had thought that
knowing important secrets or being there at the moment when hope transformed
...
Author: Julie Mars
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
ISBN: 9781429988469
Category: Fiction
Page: 352
View: 793
Ellen Kenny has a big mouth and a penchant for telling the truth, which is why she's just been fired from yet another high-profile NYC job. Determined to make the most of this unexpected free time, she heads to Montreal to visit her sister. On the way, she spots a tumbledown upstate farmhouse---one she's seen in her dreams for years---and impulsively buys it on a hefty credit card advance. Over her husband's protests, Ellen decides to drop out of the rat race and spend the summer living out her woman-who-runs-with-the wolves fantasy, communing with nature---her own included---in an effort to confront middle age and figure out how on earth she got there. Rather than peacefully tend her garden and puzzle things out, however, Ellen soon becomes embroiled in the exceedingly unique problems of two redneck, social misfit neighbors---an ex-biker and an aging chainsaw sculptor---while taking care of a narcoleptic dog and a child who doesn't speak English. With Ellen's quest for meaning and her concern for the welfare of others driving the plot, Anybody Any Minute is deeply layered, heartbreaking . . . and hilarious.
The American President, for example, tries to counter Shepherd's celebrity with
an affectionate, intimate portrait of his life ... The entire subgenre is predicated on the illusion of intimacy that star-makers have recognized for decades; audiences
...
Author: Peter C. Rollins
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 9780813127927
Category: History
Page: 464
View: 828
" Winner of the 2003 Ray and Pat Browne Book Award, given by the Popular Culture Association The contributors to Hollywood's White House examine the historical accuracy of these presidential depictions, illuminate their influence, and uncover how they reflect the concerns of their times and the social and political visions of the filmmakers. The volume, which includes a comprehensive filmography and a bibliography, is ideal for historians and film enthusiasts.
Little by little, the illusion of intimacy evaporates, and the individual desires,
emotions, thoughts, and behavior patterns assert themselves. They are two
individuals. Their minds have not melded together, and their emotions mingled
only briefly ...
Author: Gary Chapman
Publisher: Moody Publishers
ISBN: 1575678861
Category: Family & Relationships
Page: 192
View: 840
Marriage should be based on love, right? But does it seem as though you and your spouse are speaking two different languages? #1 New York Times bestselling author Dr. Gary Chapman guides couples in identifying, understanding, and speaking their spouse's primary love language-quality time, words of affirmation, gifts, acts of service, or physical touch. By learning the five love languages, you and your spouse will discover your unique love languages and learn practical steps in truly loving each other. Chapters are categorized by love language for easy reference, and each one ends with specific, simple steps to express a specific language to your spouse and guide your marriage in the right direction. A newly designed love languages assessment will help you understand and strengthen your relationship. You can build a lasting, loving marriage together. This beautiful faux leather edition is the perfect gift for weddings, holidays, or any special occasion. Includes a promotional code to gain exclusive online access to the new comprehensive love languages assessment.
He wants sex, but she is too tired. He dreams of buying a new car, but she flatly
says, “We can't afford it.” She would like to visit her parents, but he says, “I don't
like spending so much time with your family.” Little by little, the illusion of intimacy
...
Author: Gary Chapman
Publisher: Moody Publishers
ISBN: 9781575678856
Category: Family & Relationships
Page: 208
View: 224
Marriage should be based on love, right? But does it seem as though you and your spouse are speaking two different languages? #1 New York Times bestselling author Dr. Gary Chapman guides couples in identifying, understanding, and speaking their spouse's primary love language-quality time, words of affirmation, gifts, acts of service, or physical touch. By learning the five love languages, you and your spouse will discover your unique love languages and learn practical steps in truly loving each other. Chapters are categorized by love language for easy reference, and each one ends with simple steps to express a specific language to your spouse and guide your marriage in the right direction. A newly designed love languages assessment will help you understand and strengthen your relationship. You can build a lasting, loving marriage together. Gary Chapman hosts a nationally syndicated daily radio program called A Love Language Minute that can be heard on more than 150 radio stations as well as the weekly syndicated program Building Relationships with Gary Chapman, which can both be heard on fivelovelanguages.com. The Five Love Languages is a consistent New York Times bestseller - with over 5 million copies sold and translated into 38 languages. This book is a sales phenomenon, with each year outselling the prior for 16 years running!
In his personal relationships, he had been chasing the illusion of intimacy while
staying aloof with and detached from women and trying to be in control at all
times. yes, controlling his environment and manipulating the outcomes he
desired ...
Author: Dr. Elsbeth Meuth
Publisher: BalboaPress
ISBN: 9781452585444
Category: Body, Mind & Spirit
Page: 142
View: 363
Sexual Enlightenment provides a guide for anyone—from couples to singles, from parents to students, from professionals to entrepreneurs—looking for bringing lasting fulfillment into their lives, relationships and work. Introducing cutting-edge principles and inspiring practices on how to access innate creative energy, listen to the wisdom of the heart, and connect with the power of the conscious mind, Dr. Elsbeth Meuth and Freddy Zental Weaver offer a road map that can alter and enlighten the way you look at sexual energy, love, and your conscious self. They provide practical advice on how to • access peace and joy anytime and anywhere by calming the unending chatter in your mind; • circulate your life force energy within for achieving greater physical health, increased emotional well-being, and deeper spiritual connection; • feel confident, grounded, and vital in yourself by accessing and training your love muscle; • experience an instant love connection with your partner, avoiding debilitating fights and mutual accusations; • come into balance of your yin and yang nature for creating the life and relationships you always wanted; • release blocks from the past that no longer serve you and keep you from experiencing fulfillment in life, love, and intimacy; • bring pleasure into your daily life by tapping into your creative life force energy; • enjoy reawakening your feminine joyous self as a woman; • cultivate sustaining your masculine pleasurable energy as a man; and • draw on your life-giving sexual energy to infuse your wishes and realize your dreams.
They justify their genital intimacy with a nonhealthy theory of care. Fantasy
Although fantasy can be healthy, it is not so when it becomes more important
than reality. Fantasies are seductive; they offer the illusion of intimate fulfillment
without ...
Author: William F. Kraft
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN: 9781579102036
Category: Religion
Page: 146
View: 898
Two exaggerations threaten a wholesome understanding of human sexuality today. The first is represented by the ceaseless, value-free quest for pleasure; the second focuses on rules and spiritual cliches that offer little practical counsel or support. ÒWhole and Holy SexualityÓ is an insightful and enlightening handbook with concrete suggestions and support. It will help married, single and vowed celibate people to cope with, grow from, and enjoy sexuality.
... massmedia, art, religious, family/intimatesystems (Luhmann 1977; 1998: 707ff;
for adetailed descriptionofthe systems referred ... 1999 for the economic system;
1993aforthe educational system; and 1986 and 1995 forthe system of intimacy).
Author: N. Thygesen
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 9780230365391
Category: Business & Economics
Page: 247
View: 488
This book shows how a system theoretical concept of technology helps us to understand the paradoxes of control. It describes a phenomenon which shows regularity that is unexpected against the background of received knowledge within management studies. It presents a series of cases which touch upon a range of technologies within the public sector.
