From the Kinēsa Newsletter
Doors of Perception
Finally! There is a scientific explanation for forgetting. I feel so relieved. A recent study has found that when you cross a threshold or go through a doorway, you experience a temporal distortion that places you in a different time/space than on the other side. So...
My Bi-Partison Self
All this talk about the right and left not able to come to an agreement, unable to strike a balance, and trying to undermine each other’s efforts made me think of the invisible divisions between my right and left sides. It seems sometimes that like the Biblical...
Of Money and Mushrooms
The other day, I was hiking along Laurel Creek. In the summer, I always bring a bag for wild discoveries: from porcinis to wine berries. I had forgotten to bring one, so I grabbed my car trash bag. I felt a little silly walking through the woods swinging my little...
Lost and Found
When I recently visited Prague, I carried a map in order to navigate the labyrinthine streets. After getting helplessly lost several times, I realized that layout of the actual streets was more complex than it appeared. In Budapest, we went in search of the Gellert...
Forget Something?
Scarecrow “They took my arm and they threw it over there! And then they took my legs and threw them over there!” Tin Man “That’s you all over.” I have several vivid memories of forgetting. The first one was about age eight. My mother had discovered the Sears outlet...
Feets Don’t Fail Me Now!
My sister and I picked up this expression from an old Bob Hope movie and made it our goofy mantra for whenever we found ourselves in a difficult situation. More recently, I was teaching a class where I asked people if they knew where their feet were and everyone...
