errantember | Alchemy Revelations Part 1

One major realization I had at Alchemy this year was the degree to which certain parts of my sexual response have been programmed by outside forces. One reason I noticed it more is that as my interpersonal skills have developed, so has bi-directional sexual attraction between me and a lot more people. And because the expansion is much more about who people really are, as opposed to simply what they look like, the gulf between the pre-programmed part of my attraction and the developed, human part of my attraction got big enough to really cause some cognitive dissonance. I got to discuss this a bit with various people during the trip, which was very helpful in forcing me to process through it, something that's been lacking on most of the rest of my Extended Vacation due to time constraints.

More on this later.