From my article in NYCitywoman, 1/7/2022
“Our eyes are a wonder, a source of poetry. But inside our bodies, they are literal, not metaphorical. They weep and itch, redden and swell; they weaken with age. Our lifelong instinct, our duty, is to protect them—and we do. Think how we cringe when the ophthalmologist shines a high beam into our dilated pupils.”