No-makeup makeup
It’s easier to be oneself behind a mask to conceal the messy workings underneath. But the shame in acting is suppressing the person that we...
Tag: Psychology
Avoiding the losses
Every story needs a villain that disobeys the rules. Bereft of the drama, we lose interest in the hero’s tale. Every single event that occurs...
The becoming
“To be or not to be. That’s not really a question,” quipped film director Jean-Luc Godard back at Shakespeare’s most famous line. To be is rather a...
Information is the sum of parts
The brain is just a collection of tangled wires with neuron connectivity levels. We call its output ‘information’ because we need some way of describing...
How to doubt your fears
Fears are the mind-killer. They will eat the soul if you let them have their way. But fear is unavoidable — it’s in your DNA...
How to stem the fright
The actor slips over their words; the violinist freezes mid-song; the shortstop misses an easy grounder. Mistakes happen, no matter the expert. But how many...
Gagging on the dizziness of freedom
Devoid of context, an abstraction so genuine it steers clear the badge of authenticity. We, meaning-seeking creatures are lost in the dizziness of freedom. We...
How the mind designs itself
We are always making predictions about our future. When we infer, we ignite consciousness. Within the complex system of our neurocognitive wiring comes transparency we...
How to mirror the beat of our heart
It seems that in preparing to live up to our best selves, we often fail to follow the very advice we give others. Dizziness caused...
From your mouth
Words signify a consciousness, of which a newborn or pet can only hear. The baby goes on to break a word up into its individual...
The script, the story
How many of us are just acting our way through life, adapting to different settings like chameleons? Situational elasticity lends its hand to the collaborative...
Are we still alive?
Somewhere upon the way of evolution, humans lucked out. We developed language. And we grew hands and fingers that allowed us to manipulate our environment....