“He gave man speech, and speech created thought, Which is the measure of the universe.” P. B. Shelley, Prometheus Unbound I’ll never forget the day when I, a 26-year-old woman with wavy hair flowing past my mid-back, sat on the lady barber’s chair and asked her to shave off my hair, à la Kojak (to …
A Leap of Faith
“I've got a magic charmThat I keep up my sleeve,I can walk the ocean floorAnd never have to breathe,” “Life Doesn’t Frighten Me” by Maya Angelou “Should I do this or not?” Tell me you didn’t ask yourself this question when it came to buying a house, having a child, getting married or divorced, accepting …
Fighting Our Thoughts’ Windmills
One thing we love about electronic devices is the certainty that, by pressing a single button, what we want is being done, from making a cup of coffee to opening our Instagram account or getting to the 10th floor of a building in a lift. What if there was such a thing as a Mind …
Playing the Game of Marriage
Francis and Margot Macomber seem to be a happy couple: young, good-looking, famous, rich, envied and admired. Except they’re not. Their marriage is riddled with crises (he drinks, she has affairs), yet they remain stuck with each other for 11 years as they have “a sound basis of union. Margot was too beautiful for Macomber …
