ALL IN JEST

The village of Changeling Brook has an eerie silence. Where once the jolly, rosy-cheeked villagers chuckled and gossiped about their neighbours - "Remember how the milkman always makes a slow delivery at Rosalie Jones's cottage?" - now there are none. The village doctor, Adam Shynde, poured poison into the drinking water to avenge his patients. All gone! Today, the idyllic village, with its stream and cottages (all maintained with glee by Dr. Shynde - who prefers to drink his bottled water at the pick-any-seat-you-want Jest public house) looks picture-postcard perfect. Or, in this case, paint-by-number perfect...
© BILL BLAIR 2011

SHEER THERAPY

Acclaimed psychoanalyst, Dr. Karin von Richter, author of the seminal 70s book, Blocking Out The Boogie-Man, used a simple - yet highly effective - technique incorporating scarves. The patient was asked to select a scarf of his or her choosing (preferably with a sheer, silky texture). Then, once naked, the patient was guided to drape the scarf over the groin area, and to visualize all painful childhood memories being absorbed - and released - through the fabric.
© BILL BLAIR 2011