Tag: reflection

  • Objectivity is a beautiful lie

    Think about the last time you heard a cover and liked it better than the original. Something in the reinterpretation unlocked the song. Maybe it had a slower tempo, riffs in new places, or grief where the original had swagger, and suddenly you can’t unhear it. Although written in black and white, the score was…

  • A Doctor’s Solemn Oath: What it means to ‘Do No Harm’

    From cover to cover, Henry Marsh’s Do No Harm offers a raw look into the life of a neurosurgeon. This memoir gripped me, as both a reader and aspiring physician. It changed how I view doctors, the healthcare system, and the brain itself. Marsh writes with brutal honesty about tragic mishaps, the crippling guilt surgeons…