Poker Face

One of my mom's friends, a member of her card playing gang who taught at my elementary school, told her a long time ago that her boy, David, though gifted, could sometimes hurt others without knowing it. It was such an odd remark that it stayed with me all these years. She might have been alluding to my obliviousness, caused by having multiple thoughts running through my brain at once. It mixes up the messages I send. By distracting me, it can also render insufficient the amount of feeling with which I deliver them. As a child who was particularly sensitive to others' suffering, I tended to withdraw into myself, in order to avoid pain. This could have been misunderstood by my peers and teachers. Through my creative process, I was able from an early age to convert my most combustible feelings into inert ones. This might have come across as coldness or numbness. Add to that the normal flaws of a young boy and I can see how this finding was made. Looking back on it, I don't mind apologizing to any injured parties. Hope the damage was not permanent.
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