Pandemic

Mourning a Lost Culture

When we are grieving, is it a good idea or a bad idea to engage with art that takes grief to be its subject? Does this help us to cope, or does it rip out whatever stitches we have managed to sew in while we try to bear an unbearable loss?

The Value of Metaphor in a Pandemic

隐喻是人类最伟大的表达工具之一。它们可以拥有巨大的情感力量,可以让我们在如何概念化世界的过程中团结起来。但我们还没有一个好的比喻可以提供丰富和具有变革性的方式来思考全球流行病。