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A Necessary Corrective
It’s Contagious… Imagine yourself walking down a wooded path. You are contentedly listening to a podcast, fully immersed in your own little world, and from a distance, you notice an individual who is staring up into the trees. They are perfectly still, focused and appear determined in their level of attention. Suddenly, you notice your…
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Seeing Red
I am heartbroken…. I have called Minnesota “home” my entire life. And there is something remarkably strange about knowing your life is occurring in a place and time that will one day be depicted within history books. Some days I wake up to a silence that holds all the promise and possibility of normalcy, and…
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“The Impossible Dream”
Do you want to know a fun fact? I have aphantasia. Isn’t that a delightful word? What it means is I have no ability to conjure a mental image. If someone says, “Close your eyes and picture an apple.” I’ve got nothing but black screen behind my eyes. When reading, people without aphantasia describe seeing…
