We are part of many worlds. Our inner world, our minds, are as complex and interesting as the universe around us and the world of the particles that make up our world. Perhaps this blog prompts us to unleash the our child’s mind at play, our unrestrained curiosity, freedom to explore our inner world, to ask questions about who we are and our world.

This blog contains fiction and non-fiction stories and art. All of the content is designed to explore themes like who we are, how we are different from one another, our range of human experiences, the brain foundations for what makes us human. The creative process expressed in science, art, and storytelling share much in common. All three perspectives can further our understanding of the nature of minds/brains at work. Writers and artists often have taught us as much about our brains as neuroscientists.

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A walk in the woods near Vlaminck’s house

A walk in the woods near Vlaminck’s house Part 1 Colors, shapes, patterns, movement, is what we see. We have to put all that visual experience together to make what we see meaningful. A retinal image is meaningless without our input from our knowledge, past...

Mr. Rosenthal: A Werner story

Mr. Rosenthal: A Werner story   These last months Werner and I are spending much of our time reminiscing. Yesterday I asked, “Werner, do you remember Mr. Rosenthal? I can see him clearly just as he appeared when he rang our doorbell. We must have been about 10.” We...

A bench in the gym locker room

A bench in the gym locker room It was then and not now that I was the ‘youngest’ of 6 sitting on the wooden bench in the gym locker room. Time flies or is it that it stumbles along. After working out, the six of us would often gather on the bench in the last row of...