Our ancestors instinctively knew of this circular model of growth. In many cultures, the wheel is a symbol of growth and success. It combines the idea of progress and wholeness: It is complete, and yet it keeps on moving. It represents the perpetual change and transitory nature of life. The cyclic ages of Hindu cosmology, the wheel of life in

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What dance is to movement, essays are to thought

There is a moment in Philip Glass’s memoir, Words without music, when he works as assistant to the sculptor Richard Serra.

“You know, Richard, I wish I could draw,” says Glass. “I can’t even draw a tree.”

“I can help you with that,” says Serra.

“Really? How?”

“I’ll teach you to ‘see’ and then you will be... See more