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When a physician enters his office, his identity is immediately ratified by the tools of Hygeia that surround him. There are also the parchments on the wall to reassure him that "Dr." is part of his name. By contrast, a novelist may have a few of his books on the shelf (unlike the physician, the writer cannot bury his mistakes), but when he goes to work he is greeted by the gaping anonymity of blank paper. More than most working people, the professional writer of fiction must constantly create himself out of himself if he is to know...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Tales of the Craft | 2/14/1969 | See Source »

This was another thought that he came to see through. When he returned to Cambridge, he started for the first time to listen to all of the words that flew at him, and he began to see that in his world of the mind only words have meaning: people surround themselves with words, people vomit words, people become words, and can be nothing else...

Author: By Nicholas Gagarin, | Title: Esalen and Harvard: Looking at Life From Both Sides Now | 2/14/1969 | See Source »

...greater part of Harlem on My Mind, though, purposely depends on the subjectivity of the viewer. Allon Schoener Exhibition Coordinator, conceived the project as a kind of communications environment in which the participant is forced to choose between the many multimedia techniques that surround him. Films, tapes, music, and photos present a history of Harlem, but it is the viewer who is forced to integrate all the material into what, for him, will be the show's unique impression. It was a courageous move on the part of the museum. For very few of us, I would imagine, are comfortable...

Author: By Gregg J. Kilday, | Title: Harlem on My Mind | 2/5/1969 | See Source »

...other. After all, if we can somehow come to the true teachings of Jesus, we'll find more than Camelot -we'll find heaven. The teachings of Holy Mother Church may be the only force that can keep our children from the evils that surround them today. That, to a mother, can be the greatest force on earth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: THE ANGUISH OF TWO DISSENTERS | 11/22/1968 | See Source »

...exterior will be of bronzed glass and sandblasted poured concrete. A sunken court will surround the building on three sides...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Mongol Yurt Graces Harvard Lot On Site of New Education Library | 11/9/1968 | See Source »

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