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Life. Music. Meditation. Space Research. Different Cultures. Children. The Arts. Religion. The Environment. Philosophy. Psychology. Sociology. Anthropology. LEARNING

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• A reply on Conversation: Why is it so hard for one to open up about an abusive past?

  5 days ago: well said
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  A comment on Conversation: Why is it so hard for one to open up about an abusive past?

  5 days ago: Shame and guilt. Feeling like you are not worth anything to whomever is abusing you which leads you to feel almost as if you deserved it. I can't speak for everyone who has been abused, but I know these are my reasons. Now I feel better though, and I do share my story, and I feel that it is nothing I should be ashamed of. If I can confidently speak about my history, others will feel like they can too, or maybe they will open up to me.
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  A comment on Conversation: What would your Utopia be?

  Apr 19 2013: A place where everyone is united as one. A place with a good sense of community.
  
  But a physical place I always dream about- or meditate about- would be on a warm beach at night. Near a campfire surrounded by a bunch of easygoing friends. There would be positive energy all around us.
  
  Hopefully I will make this dream a reality someday. I have yet to even see the ocean!
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  A comment on Conversation: What are some ideas on how to have a positive spin or perspective on your day, your work and your personal life?

  Apr 19 2013: I wake up early for class and work. I wake up early so that way in the mornings I don't have to rush to class. It starts my day off right to have a calm walk. I feel like society is always in a rush, and sometimes we need to slow down to really enjoy life.
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  A reply on Conversation: Who is your favorite individual or group musical performer? Favorite genre? Why?

  Feb 20 2013: It's okay. You're right that it may be better to talk about the emotions, it is still hard. I just bought a journal , so maybe that will help?
  
  II agree with you. I paint myself and love art, but I can't tell you the names of many artists or their pieces. I do like Banksy a lot lately. :) I like making art more than looking at art. I haven't made a painting in a while. The last art I made was a collage. The last painting I did was a watercolor realistic looking heart. That was months ago. I want to create something new. But I am not like some people that can paint everyday. Often I feel like I have to let the idea of the artwork come to me, rather than me strive for ideas of what to paint. In order for me to love it it has to be that way. That is why I do so badly when people ask me to paint certain things for them . I do it, but often times I don't like the outcome. I am hard on myself with my paintings though. I always want to do the best that I feel I am able to do.
  
  My boyfriend has a friend who went to Burning Man. I may ask him to talk to him about it.

• A comment on Conversation: Who is your favorite individual or group musical performer? Favorite genre? Why?

  Feb 20 2013: Sorry I had to delete my comments about my mom. I am just feeling too emotional about this topic. But I will tell you that she has lied to me in the past, usually over phone calls that my grandmother would monitor while I would talk to my mom. You must know there were many times in my life that my mom was not even allowed visitation to see me (because of her addictions). I have to change the subject because I am getting mad thinking about everything. Sorry!
  
  Anyways.. What are you favorite types of art?
  
  Do you know what Burning Man is?
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  A comment on Conversation: Does your surname has a story, a history or a character in it?

  Feb 19 2013: I never before took the time to research what my surname Goranson stood for. I just looked it up now.
  
  Goranson is Swedish and means "Son of Goran" .
  
  Goran is a medieval Swedish name for "George"
  
  That was all I was able to dig up! Pretty neat still!
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  A comment on Conversation: Do people still want to print out their pictures or make photo books?

  Feb 15 2013: For me yes, and I am a young adult. I just printed off almost every photo that I have off of facebook so that I could comfortably delete the profile. I also feel like a hard copy picture is more valuable. I will be able to show my children these pictures someday, while the pictures that I have uploaded online I don't know where they will be whenever I have children. I often save photos from online to a usb so that I can print it.
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  A reply on Conversation: Who is your favorite individual or group musical performer? Favorite genre? Why?

  Feb 9 2013: She does not work, and she is on disability. One of her ex boyfriends cut her arm and now she has no feeling in her forearm and hand, so it makes it hard to work sometimes. I am not sure what her job skills would be, but I know that she is creative and has some talent in making arts and crafts, and she has a great singing voice.
  
  When we have pleasant conversations we talk about what I have been up to lately or we talk about good things that have happened in the past. We don't really talk a lot. When we do talk she talks a lot about her health.
  
  She likes music and she likes to tan outside in the summer. I don't know what else she does. I hardly ever see her. Sometimes I go over a year without seeing her.
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  A comment on Conversation: Can you tell us your life story in one sentence?

  Feb 7 2013: I survived child abuse, neglect and sexual abuse, was taken away from my mom and raised by my grandmother, I have had major depression in the past and anxiety issues, until I realized that I wanted to be happy and that I can get through my issues; forgive but never forget. (My life is a run-on sentence hehehe)