Perfect Whole
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Essays
- “Popping the Hood”
- Max Perkins: Editor of Genius
- The End.
- “Following”
- A New Year Every Day
- We Don’t Need Books to Free. We Need Them to be Brilliant.
- An Angel Packs a Suitcase
- The Other Julie Goldberg
- Lobbing Nerf Rocks
- Improvised Emergency Oil Candles
- “The Circus of Dreams”
- Perfect Whole, Superstorm Sandy Edition
- “One Lovely Blog”
- Unfriended
- The Anti-Debate
- An Imperfect Conduit
- The Girl on the Garden State Parkway
- Against Positive Attitudes
- “Cromwell’s Long Game”
- Permission Slip
- Teach the Timeless
- Adventures in Bothmind
- Vocation, Virtue, and Jerry Sandusky
- What We Got for $140,000
- Common Ground in the Culture Wars
- Definitely Not the Opera
- A Year Has Passed
- Confession of Love
- Internettled? Work With It!
- This Essay is Not Living Up to Its Potential
- The Overthrow of the Queen
- Post-Apocalyptic Career Counseling, Part III
- Post-Apocalyptic Career Counseling, Part II
- Post-Apocalyptic Career Counseling, Part I
- Grand Unified Theory
- I Don’t Have Time to Believe in Writer’s Block
- Elegy for a Thousand Stolen Books
- God Bless You. Or Not.
- Questions About Digital Natives
- Funeral for a Digital Immigrant
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Obsessions
Obsessions of Others
Recurring dreams
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Tag Archives: brain
Adventures in Bothmind
I grew up both. Both Catholic and Jewish. Both an only child and the youngest of four. Both middle and working class. Both a child of the 70s and 80s and, by accidents of birth and history, a very late … Continue reading
Posted in Volta
Tagged Bothmind, brain, consciousness, education, freaks, religion, soul, Waldorf education
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Internettled? Work With It!
Today, Perfect Whole presents something completely new: a guest post! Dr. Elena Taurke-Joseph, a psychologist and filmmaker, proposes a productive, self-compassionate process to use when feeling overwhelmed and overstimulated with technology. This is the first of a series, which she … Continue reading
Posted in Criticism, Volta
Tagged advice, brain, consciousness, freedom, internet, psychology, survival, technology, wisdom, zen
3 Comments
Grand Unified Theory
I’ve been thinking a lot over the past year about emotions. Well, that’s only half the truth. I’ve been feeling a lot of emotions. In 2011, I weathered a midlife crisis, made a new commitment to my writing, and confronted several serious … Continue reading
Posted in Criticism, Motherhood, Writing
Tagged amateur philosophy, brain, consciousness, emotions, love, midlife crisis, relationships, soul, wisdom
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It Still Really Feels Like A Soul in Here
My teenage daughter suffered a minor head injury in a swimming pool this week, and felt dizzy and lethargic afterward. I debated taking her to the emergency room, but opted for the pediatrician who was covering for ours that day. … Continue reading
Posted in Volta
Tagged brain, cocoon therapy, concussion, consciousness, motherhood, soul
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