We don’t always see the whole picture — not because we won’t, but because we can’t. That’s the haunting clarity behind a neurological condition called hemispheric neglect, where patients lose awareness of half their world. In this quiet, lyrical reflection, the story of Mrs. S. — who lives only in the right half of her visual field — becomes a mirror for our own blind spots. What might we be missing, not in our eyes, but in our attention, our love, our lives?
Count this in the category of curious Sunday reading from Maria Popova at The Marginalien.
