Delusions of Perspectives and Names

Delusions of Perspectives and Names

Perspective is a tricky, subjective devil, suggesting a relative hierarchy. Most would say a person’s perspective reflects what he or she recognizes and believes is most important. When complaining about this or that, I commonly put my mind at rest by telling myself...
Moments

Moments

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Creativity and the ‘Perfect Inferior’

Creativity and the ‘Perfect Inferior’

I remember when at the dawn of my career in science a lady I met for the first time at a social occasion deduced correctly by my name that my father was the world-famous cellist, Gregor Piatigorsky. Then, she took me by surprise by asking in a deadpan, serious voice,...
Switching Gears: Science to Writing

Switching Gears: Science to Writing

After closing my laboratory in 2009 after fifty years of research on gene expression and evolution of the eye, I turned my attention to writing and finishing my novel, Jellyfish Have Eyes (IPBooks, 2014). I had taken workshops in fiction at The Writer’s Center in...
Joram reads from Jellyfish Have Eyes!

Joram reads from Jellyfish Have Eyes!

Join Joram at the newly renovated Kensington, MD, library on June 16, 7-8 p.m., as he reads from his first novel, Jellyfish Have Eyes. About Jellyfish Have Eyes: It’s the year 2047. Deep in the mangrove swamps of Puerto Rico, Ricardo Sztein, an acclaimed government...
Animal “Gibberish”: A Whale of a Tale

Animal “Gibberish”: A Whale of a Tale

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