Confront And Unmask Janus

I had the honor to meet up with my partner in “confront” and unmask Janus when I attended an event in Dallas, Texas from February 23rd – 27th. When I first met with him, he was very friendly and willing to speak into the microphone. He appeared to be very down to earth and not so shy as to make many of the subtle gestures you see in the later chapters of this book.

My most telling moments came when I asked him to explain the role Janus would play in understanding how a person performs self care. He took me through it a bit and then said that he would try to give me specifics about the possible implications of what I may have read. He did not disappoint!

I was curious as to how it would do for the narrator to really put this research into words for me. He went through the steps of building a vocabulary starting with the things I already knew and then expanding those definitions into smaller groups which helped illuminate the broader ideas.

It was certainly beneficial to have someone (him) who knew the material and could answer questions and help me understand it better than I could.

Perhaps even more important was that he walked me through the elements of the word form, both traditional (such as nouns and pronouns) and non traditional ones (such as verbing verbs and present participial verbs). It gave me something to fall back on as I learned to read for myself.

When I finished, I immediately felt like I was sitting in the company of the professor that I had met just a few hours earlier. I also felt like Dr. McCoy should feel. Maybe I was too excited by what he had to say. But I think it was worth it.

I am so grateful that my companion today could share with me the process of confronting Janus. Even if he doesn’t always appreciate the benefit it can yield, I know that I made one difference in the world. Thank you Darren!

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Tape review by Jeryl Scalese

Episode notes by Paul Wachter

Author Bio: Amanda Greenman is an active member of San Diego’s SADDYQ community and the co-founder of Female Accountability Project.