MANY VOICES, MANY SELVES: A Lively Inner Chorus

	When my stomach speaks,
	it often pleads,
	"Eat more and be merry!"

	If my legs have their say,
	they tend to proclaim,
	"Move around & make more discoveries today!"

	When my groin has a voice,
	it almost always enjoins,
	"Enjoying sex is a splendid choice!"

	If my buttocks make any request,
	predictably it’s this behest:
	"Sit down, relax, & rest!"

	If my wallet talks,
	reluctantly it balks,
	"Thrift is a primary need."

	Listening to these voices,
	I'm unsure which one to heed.

	To which voice is my allegiance due?
	Is there any way this discordant chorus inside my head
	can become a coherent crew?


Anya:   The notion of a single self is a fiction. As Yuval Harari said, we're not
        "individuals", but rather divided "di-viduals."

Devani: That might be so, but in complex environments we need fictions to function
        effectively. We have to act "as if" we had a single, coherent identity even
        though there's a clamorous hoard of competing identities inside of us.

Brice:  I prefer to think of humans as interactive computer software programs that
        attempt to rewrite their scripts

Carlos: You've spent too much time in front of a computer screen. We are actually
        biological organisms. We're flesh and blood with limited elasticity and very
        finite intelligence.

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from POEATIONS: Explorations in Meta-Poetry by T Newfields
Summary: A digital image, poem and dialog about the sub-selves existing within every self.
Keywords: multifaceted identity, identity theory, modular consciousness, sub-selves

Author: T Newfields [Nitta Hirou / Huáng Yuèwǔ] (b. 1955 - ?)
Begun: 2016 in New Taipei, Taiwan ⋒ Finished: 2018 in Yokohama, Japan
Creative Commons License: Attribution. {{CC-BY-4.0}} Granted

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BŬLGARSKI  https://www.tnewfields.info/Translations/Botev4.htm
ESPAÑOL    https://www.tnewfields.info/es/muchas.htm
FRANÇAIS   https://www.tnewfields.info/fr/plusieurs.htm
NIHONGO    https://www.tnewfields.info/jp/takusan.htm
ZHŌNGWÉN   https://www.tnewfields.info/zh/xuduo.htm