The Ceiling Outside

As her mother slips into the fog of dementia, a philosopher grapples with the unbreakable links between our bodies and our sense of self.     A diabetic woman awakens from a coma having forgotten the last ten years of her life. A Haitian immigrant has nightmares that begin bleeding into his waking hours. A retired teacher loses the use of her right hand due to pain of no known origin.    Noga Arikha began studyi