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Fibs of Being

By Diane Ackerman

Consciousness is the great poem of matter. But consciousness isn’t really a response to the world, it's more of an opinion about it. As miscellaneous as our brain is, with many separate domains, we feel continuous, one mind, one life. How is that possible if the brain's a congress of specialists? The brain is a gifted illusionist. Here's one of its best tricks: I seem to perceive the winter woods today in lavish detail, because whatever I pay attention to looms, furiously present, and saturates my awareness. An ice storm >> MORE


Curioser and Curioser!


By Annie Lalla

  What’s the latest book you've read?   Who catches your eye?   What do you ponder while falling asleep? Inquiry is a quintessential human trait; >> MORE


Changing the Sex of God


By Leonard Shlain

At almost every sacred site on our Mediterranean tour the guide explained, "This used to be a shrine dedicated to the goddess, and then for >> MORE


Teaching to Learn


By Mary Catherine Bateson

When my daughter was 10, she took me to a video arcade to learn Pacman. More recently, her son (age 3) introduced me to a prehistoric creature >> MORE


Graciousness


By Catherine Black

One day I left Tai Chi practice in casual conversation with a classmate who walked me home 16 blocks without batting an eyelash. It wasn’t due to a >> MORE


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