ABSTRACT
In the earliest instance, one of us Gergen Kenneth, was invited to give an autobiographical presentation to a therapy conference. Such a request suggested a lighter touch, one more akin to song. The result was a musical prelude to the verbal account, one in which Ken did an a cappella collage of songs including pop, country and western, pep rally songs, rock, and the like to represent the changes he went through in his earlier years. One result of this experience was that Mary decided to purchase a five-string banjo as a gift for her mate, knowing that in his graduate student days he had participated in folk music get-togethers. This led, in turn, to the two of us occasionally singing banjo-accompanied duets at birthdays and wedding dinners. Critique typically invites counter critique, and then mutually frozen animosities. These animosities are further fueled by the moral high ground claimed by both parties.
