The ninth symphony
n the last decade of his life, completely deaf, Ludwig van Beethoven created his Ninth Symphony.
Expectations
The human brain is a prediction machine.
Artists
The writer Elizabeth Gilbert reminds us that we are all descendants of makers:
The stories we tell, part 2
The stories we tell have the power …
The stories we tell, part 1
The author, Anaïs Nin, wrote that …
Recognition
It’s one thing to ponder what it is we’re waiting for.
Sleeping with bread
Before it was the title of a book, it was a story from the bombing raids of World War 2 Europe.
Conjunctions
When life inevitably takes us in half a dozen directions all at once, …
Losing well
My friend Peter wrote to me about a recent Psychology Today article …
The narrative of our time
What might be called “the narrative of our (any) time” is never singular.