3 essays where Oliver Sacks sits on the council. Oliver weighs in on identity crisis, self-knowledge, grief. Read what Oliver would tell you.
Arendt says identity shows up in action not reflection. Sacks says what you call loss may be a reorganization. Satir says the self is always speaking; learn the language.
Three thinkers on grief without preparation. Didion says the illusion of safety is the first thing to go. Sacks finds what remains. Rumi says the wound is not the end.
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.
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