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Puss in Boots: You Can't Run From Yourself

Puss in Boots: You Can't Run From Yourself

A trippy experience with embedded metaphor.

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Jan 11, 2023
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In a particularly dark place, I opened up my eyes to escape from what I was seeing. A mocking voice said, “You can’t run from yourself.”

That really happened to me on ayahuasca, and it showed me a lot about trauma. That’s for another day. Today lets talk about a kids movie that gave me some interesting flashbacks.

Puss in Boots is a metaphorical journey i…

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