![]() ![]() ![]() INTERPRETER TWO: I believe that's because the shoe is too tight. INTERPRETER ONE: Pain in the left foot, back of heel. One needs data, the other needs an overview they influence each other. The second interpreter is a news analyst, who writes op-ed pieces. The world in this case means everything out- or inside our bodies, including serotonin levels in the brain. To make a new version of the not-entirely-false model, imagine the first interpreter as a foreign correspondent, reporting from the world. ![]() “The point is, the brain talks to itself, and by talking to itself changes its perceptions. Fifty aspirin is a lot of aspirin, but going onto the street and fainting is like putting the gun back in the drawer. And I could have done what I did do, which was go onto the street and faint. I could have stopped, at ten, or at thirty. I lined them up on my desk and took them one by one, counting. I woke up one morning and I knew that today I had to swallow fifty aspirin. Had she already tried roofs and guns and aspirins? Or was it just an inspiration? What was that moment like for her? The moment she lit the match. But you put it there, you taste it, it's cold and greasy, your finger is on the trigger, and you find that a whole world lies between this moment and the moment you've been planning, when you'll pull the trigger. And somewhat more dangerous things, like putting a gun in your mouth. Because - what courage! Who had the courage to burn herself? Twenty aspirin, a little slit alongside the veins of the arm, maybe even a bad half hour standing on a roof: We've all had those. ![]()
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