Have you ever been driving near a police car and think that they know exactly how much you are speeding, every thing you’ve done that is illegal, and how you didn’t fully stop at that last stop sign? Have you stringently controlled your thoughts because you want to make sure whoever reads them doesn’t judge you? How about obsessively thinking positive thoughts because you know that negative ones have more power? When you get something you really want or you feel content, do you then start feeling paranoid as you wait for the other shoe to drop? Exploring our unique relationship to authority keys us in to the more subtle ways we resist understanding ourselves and our relationship to personal empowerment.
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