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Emily Dickinson

3 essays where Emily Dickinson sits on the council. Emily weighs in on identity loss, disorientation, identity. Read what Emily would tell you.

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Loss

What Do You Do When You've Lost the Version of Yourself That Knew What to Do?

Three thinkers on losing your compass. Boethius says fortune was always a loan. Dickinson maps the interior territory. James says act and the feeling follows.

BoethiusEmily DickinsonWilliam Jamesidentity lossdisorientation

Identity

Why Do I Feel Invisible Even Around People Who Love Me?

Three thinkers on feeling unseen. Du Bois names the gap between self and perception. Woolf asks what the people who love you can actually hold. Dickinson says some invisibility is chosen.

W.E.B. Du BoisVirginia WoolfEmily DickinsonIdentityLonelinessSelf-Knowledge

Loss

How Do You Move On When You Can't Forget?

Three thinkers on memory and moving forward. Sacks says memory shapes you. Dickinson says pain has an element of blank. Freud says you must mourn to let go.

Oliver SacksEmily DickinsonSigmund FreudMemoryHealing

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Boethius Oliver Sacks Sigmund Freud Virginia Woolf W.E.B. Du Bois William James Healing Identity Loneliness Memory Self-Knowledge disorientation identity loss

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