:: Being of two minds ::

Again, from Dewdney:

Rather than being evidence of the breakdwon of logic, or of low-grade hypocrisy, our ability to hold contrary opinions, to be of "two minds", is really a practical solution to the difficulties of dealing with complex environments. It is a mark of our flexibility and evidence of our multiplicity that we accept new ides without evicting our old "tenants".

Whatever identities we play out in our fantasies and regrets...are understudied by our multiple personalities. We tend to invent identities and characters in order to act out a particular narrative, and then, if we take our lives elsewhere, these characters become forgotten identities that we allow to wither. [p. 160]