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the species or the desire to create out of an act of and expression of love: therefore our
children are important, both in what they give to us and what they pass on for another
generation.
Social and cultural contexts powerfully shape how we interpret words that express the
uniqueness of the person and a close attention to this enables AP to come to striking
conclusions. AP views secularization as a failed Modernist project because religion has
remained a powerful influence in people’s lives in opposition to the prevailing attitudes in
the social and intellectual milieu he is part of. AP’s reputation enables access to people and
opportunity to do what he wants to do; yet he rejects the culture of celebrity as seen in
giving privileged access to others. He sees the person as more important than the problem,
their story needs to be heard so technique is subservient to relationship. The story of a life
is always being told and re-told with opportunity for fresh discovery if one is able to move
beyond rehearsed narratives. From a Jewish cultural background AP sees that he, like
Freud, has the capacity to be both in and outside of dominant cultural narratives.
Conscious encounter
AP’s study meets my dream requirements: the width of a Georgian terraced house complete
with two large double-sash windows; floor to ceiling bookcases; books spilling over in piles
across the expansive floor; a large leather topped traditional wooden desk; a wall full of
paintings; and an inhabited and spacious untidiness. I fell in love with it, discovering a new
definition of envy in a non-Kleinian sense.
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