![]() He kept asking what it was they were feeling. The nephew wasn’t bored, so that’s something. She thought it was funny what all the mice thought the elephant was. The last mouse is the one to finally put it all together. It’s a brilliant use of color in my mind. ![]() We see the mouse on a part of the elephant, but we only see this brownish shape that they touch and then we see what they think it is like a snake or a cliff in the color of that mouse. Each mouse is a different color and the background is total black and the tails of the mice each stand out. Seeing the whole picture is the key to helping a person heal. I love the moral stated so beautifully in this book: “ Knowing in part may make a fine tale, but wisdom comes from seeing the whole.” Acupuncture is a wholistic medicine and so we spoke of this idea and parable often in our program with the 4 mice. They each feel a part of an Elephant, but they are blind you see so they each get different impressions of what the thing is. ![]() ![]() There are 7 mice here and I usually hear the moral told as 4 mice. As far as I know, it comes from the Buddha. ![]()
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![]() In the 24 th century, where a small fraction of humanity has developed telepathic powers, corporate executive Ben Reich is being out-competed by a rival company. Case in point: The Demolished Man, a Freudian thriller. However good he is (or however bad he became after his hiatus), in his prime Bester was always delivering an experience that was somehow unique and strange. It’s Bester’s contradictions that make him so fascinating to watch, even when he’s not entirely successful. 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