We Fix Our Smiles
This assemblage is a humorous look at how people bury their pain and put on a bright smile for others. We
become heroines and heroes when we do this, it often arises naturally from a desire not to offend and not to create a bad atmosphere and we learn to do this as we grow up – repressing parts of our personality, which then become inaccessible. Jung called this the shadow complex. Not to acknowledge that we do this can be dangerous. This image to remind us that there are sometimes sticks of dynamite and murderous intent below the surface – while we apply lipstick, sip tea and in the past had a puff of nicotine.
It is for that heroine in your life who keeps things together and the sense of liberty and freedom that can arise from remaining the person you aspire to be in the face of all sorts of dramas.
Springtime in Paris
They wave us through after miles and miles
We wipe our eyes and fix our smiles
Yes sir, I’m here seeking a brighter part of day
You know I’m moving on
They say that its springtime in Paris
When the cherries bloom
They say that the Seine will rise
To greet you in the afternoon
And that a threadbare heart
When bathed in the light of a blue moon
Will love again
Jennifer Noxon (1958 –
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