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Dr. Sarah Marusek

Asking us all to intellectually and visually explore suffering and oppression

  • Mirror Neurons and Empathy

    Mirror Neurons and Empathy

    Right now, I feel like a walking, talking nervous breakdown. Essentially, that is what I am doing: by finally healing the pinched nerves in my face and throughout the vagus pathway, the scar tissue – my monster – is losing its physicality. Thus, my energy and its accompanying monster logic, which has long kept my…

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    June 17, 2026
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    Chronic pain, Decolonization, fantasy, healing, health, Hizbullah, horror, Lebanon, liberation theology, life, mental-health, mirror neurons, Monsters, neurology, Pain, writing
  • In Search of Dorian Gray

    In Search of Dorian Gray

    How is it possible to go from taking drugs with rock stars in London and New York to sipping tea with Ayatollahs and Sheikhs in Tehran and Beirut? Wow, this is hard to explain. So, I need to go further back. When I was a child, I spent all of my energy trying to get…

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    June 15, 2026
    Uncategorized
    book-review, books, Chronic pain, Decolonization, fantasy, fiction, horror, Iran, Lebanon, Literature, Monsters, Pain, writing

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