Ingrid Bengis
Ingrid Bengis
Ingrid Bengis, born in 1944 in New York, is a writer best known for her pioneering collection of essays on love, hate and sexuality, Combat in the Erogenous Zone,. The book received critical acclaim and was nominated for a National Book Award. The New York Times Book Review said, "It must be read and it must be taken seriously if human sexuality is ever going to live up to its notices" while Newsweek called it "a remarkable book...that has probably...
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action capable form words
For me, words are a form of action, capable of influencing change.
real fame traps
The real trap of fame is its irresistibility.
healing articulation mystical
Words possess primitive mystical incantatory healing powers... Their articulation represents a complete, lived experience.
real emotional effort
For me words still possess their primitive, mystical, incantatory powers. I am inclined to use them as part of an attempt to make my own reality more real for others, as part of an effort to transcend emotional danger. For me, words are a form of action, capable of influencing change. Their articulation represents a complete, lived experience.
matter no-matter-what subjects
No matter what the subject, the subject is always love.
ordinary looks mystery
Even the most ordinary life is a mystery if you look close enough.
book writing age
At the age of thirty-five, I have just begun to become the kind of person who could understand the kind of book I would want to write.
drunk doe magnificent
There are plenty of alcoholics who can be magnificent when drunk: it does not make them any less alcoholic.
real questions-asked refuse
The real questions refuse to be placated. They are the questions asked most frequently and answered most inadequately, the ones that reveal their true natures slowly, reluctantly, most often against your will.
life imagination resurrection
Imagination has always had powers of resurrection that no science can match.
language-words acting action
Words are a form of action, capable of influencing change.
real mind important
The real questions are the ones that obtrude upon your consciousness whether you like it or not, the ones that make your mind start vibrating like a jackhammer, the ones that you "come to terms with" only to discover that they are still there. The real questions refuse to be placated. They barge into your life at the times when it seems most important for them to stay away. They are the questions asked most frequently and answered most inadequately, the ones that reveal their true natures slowly, reluctantly, most often against your will.