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Showing posts with label Hallucinations. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hallucinations. Show all posts

Tuesday, July 9, 2013

Oliver Sacks on his Mercurial Birthday

                                                                                 Photo by David Aaronovitch

UnRetiring author and neurologist Oliver Sacks (The Man Who Mistook his Wife for a Hat, Musicophilia, Hallucinations) just can't stop writing. Even though he's nearing 80, a landmark he believes should be symbolized by mercury, the 80th element. In this NY Times essay --  here --  he relishes his upcoming fete with a joie de vivre worth emulating.

Of course, Oliver Sacks sees life through the oddest lenses.