Tag: Virginia Woolf

Optics: a soap bubble exhibiting interference colours

Imposers and Exposers

I’ve been thinking about windows and mirrors lately, an educational concept created by scholar and educator Emily Style. 

Windows allow readers to see into different lives and different ideas.  Mirrors reflect a person’s own culture, ethnicity, and philosophy.  As Sydney Harris, an American journalist and author, said:

“[M]ost people reflect the emotions of the time, while few open windows that bring light to dark places.”

Dignity and Dollars

I have been thinking a lot about dignity these days.

In simple terms, dignity is defined as the state or quality of being worthy of honor or respect.

We are born grasping for it. We end our days gasping for it. Read More