{"id":40731,"date":"2012-02-17T13:08:11","date_gmt":"2012-02-17T21:08:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=40731"},"modified":"2012-02-19T17:23:44","modified_gmt":"2012-02-20T01:23:44","slug":"the-blogger-with-the-dragon-tattoo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=40731","title":{"rendered":"The Blogger With The Dragon Tattoo"},"content":{"rendered":"

I remind myself of the fictional journalist Mikael Blomkvist<\/a>, but it is the girl with the dragon tattoo who really gets me going. I empathize with her rage and her fierce desire for independence. <\/p>\n

A big part of the reason that I love blogging and teaching Alexander Technique is that nobody can tell me what to do and nobody can take away my license. I can do my own thing and for that privilege I will pay almost any price.<\/p>\n

When I decided to train to be an Alexander teacher, I knew that I’d have to rein in many of my habitual impulses to offend. I knew the work would take place with the same people year after year in a small room.<\/p>\n

So for three years, I largely held myself in check. It wasn’t that hard. I’ve done it many times before. I wasn’t totally successful in my goal, but the amount of offense I gave in the classroom was about one-tenth of the amount I gave outside of it.<\/p>\n

On my first day of training, I learned the school had a policy of no public discussion of controversial issues such as sex, politics and religion because that could get in the way of the work.<\/p>\n

For the first few months, I thought the director was a priss and I loathed the policy. Then I gradually came to see its wisdom and adopted it for my own teaching.<\/p>\n

I never deliberately give offense to my Alexander students during their lessons. I don’t bring up sex, politics or religion unless I know the person’s boundaries. I don’t (usually) say things to distract from the work.<\/p>\n

Outside of lessons, however, I feel about as much joy in offending as I ever did. Despite years of Alexander lessons, my bad boy posts on Facebook remain a principle source of my energy.<\/p>\n

On my blog, I’ve calmed down, but I am still routinely giving offense.<\/p>\n

I loathe people who abuse authority and I can’t wait to bring them down. That’s what drives me. I think. I remember figures in my early life who abused their religious authority and I hate anybody who reminds me of them. <\/p>\n

My offensive writings<\/a> curtail my success as an Alexander teacher, reduce the number of my potential students and complicate my relationships with my peers. <\/p>\n

I wonder where I will go from here?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I remind myself of the fictional journalist Mikael Blomkvist, but it is the girl with the dragon tattoo who really gets me going. I empathize with her rage and her fierce desire for independence. A big part of the reason … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10268,78,20,21],"tags":[21683,19787,31647,29040,29039,29041],"class_list":["post-40731","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alexander-technique","category-blogging","category-journalism","category-personal","tag-alexander-lessons","tag-alexander-teacher","tag-alexander-technique","tag-crazy-women","tag-dragon-tattoo","tag-offensive-posts"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t