Welcome to the premiere issue of Mnemosyne magazine!
The Titan and mother of the Muses speaks for herself.
Three perspectives—from a person with autism, a researcher, and a parent—shed light on a condition that affects nearly one out of every hundred children in the United States.
Have you ever wondered what the world looked like to a person with autism? Dr. Temple Grandin gives us a glimpse through her eyes.
Dr. Giacomo Vivanti is trying to understand what causes the learning disabilities in children with autism.
Jessica Heronemus shares her experience as a mother raising two boys with autism.
Chinese painter Zhong Biao's latest flight of fancy will bring you down to earth.
Complex systems expert Dr. Paul Smaldino explains emergence with an example you could only encounter in San Francisco.
Poetry
Patricio Guzmán's new documentary Nostalgia for the Light explores our compulsion to understand the past.
A chance encounter on the train leaves a man bewildered. Excerpt from the novel Mortimer Little.
Andres Leonard Spencer is 5 going on 13.75 ± 0.11 billion. This fact, he's quite sure, fully qualifies him to correct and edit the biblical version of Genesis.
Poetry
How many stones does it take to make a pile? What if you take one away? Philosopher Bert Baumgaertner discusses how we think about these vague concepts.
In his dreams, Vanyez could sing his will into the heart of another.
Nearly four decades after its release, Tarkovsky's iconic Solaris still has people talking—and thinking. Psychologist Mark Kishiyama explores some of the questions the film poses, and the answers it provides.
Two poems from the compilation Santa Fe Voices
The artifacts of a father's life stir up memories.
Moonlight on a garden stream enchants and illuminates.
Helen Noakes interviews the noted Jungian psychologist and widow of existential psychologist Rollo May.
Author and playwright Carol Verburg remembers her old friend and collaborator, Edward Gorey.
The art of Mnemosyne, Summer 2011.
Come back for our second issue, where we'll delve into the netherworld of sleep and dreams.
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