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The Handle on the Door to a New World: Poet Jane Hirshfield on the Magic and Power of Metaphor, Animated

“A metaphor is language that simultaneously creates and solves its own riddle; within that minute explosion of mind is both expansion and release… It is how the mind instructs itself in a more complex seeing.” It is a marvel, though hardly a surprise, that children’s minds are machines for metaphor. We are meaning-making creatures — […]

No Questions Asked: Zara Has the Best Skirts This Summer

I don’t just like dresses; I love dresses. I wear them most days, and throughout my fashion career, I’ve accumulated quite an impressive collection. But even I, a confessed frock fanatic, like to switch things up from time to time. And when that time comes, I turn my attention to skirts.  I like the styling potential skirts […]

Dreams, Consciousness, and the Nature of the Universe

“Perhaps dreams are an arena that can enable supracognitive powers to perform calculations and perceptions of reality that may be incomprehensible in our wake state.” “The logic of dreams is superior to the one we exercise while awake,” the artist, philosopher, and poet Etel Adnan wrote as she considered creativity and the nocturnal imagination. It […]