Joe's Black Dog

Joe's Black Dog
Joe's Black Dog by Marjorie Weiss

05 January 2014

breathing space

Different Strokes (re-edited) by litratcher
Different Strokes (re-edited), a photo by litratcher on Flickr.

from Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit

Jeanette Winterson 1985

http://www.jeanettewinterson.com/

published by Vintage Books London 2011

p. 137

'... the principle of personal space is always the same whether you're fending off an elemental or someone's bad mood. It's a force field around yourself ... 

they push out their power bit by bit, first within their hearts, then within their bodies, then within their immediate circle. It is not possible to control the outside of yourself until you have mastered your breathing space. It's not possible to change anything until you understand the substance you wish to change ...'