The piece, about the creation of a social networking site, is heavy on the technology, but one catches oneself wishing that technology didn't make for the most vivid character in a play that still involves people, Jason Zinoman writes.
Not included as falls were controlled or intentional movements towards a chair or bed or a near fall in which the participant caught oneself before falling on to the floor or ground.
It is powered by a more complicated urge to whip round and catch sight of oneself unawares, to portal back 20 years with the clarity of distance and say, oh, that's who I was.
Instead, the author shares her enthusiasms for the natural world and for how one can position oneself to catch a glimpse of those things that shine through the obscurity around them.
"One does not meet oneself until one catches the reflection from an eye other than human," the anthropologist and naturalist Loren Eiseley wrote.
Such agency requires a sense of oneself, as intimately caught up in and influential upon the lives and wellbeing of others, as a part of communities and with interests and allegiances that transcend disciplinary and patient/professional boundaries.
Being "in the story" is a meditation term for getting caught in a repeating narrative about oneself that feels deeply true but in fact is just habit -- the result of psychological conditioning.
We must also see that the arts can be a creative and constructive way to heal, vent or express oneself without necessarily getting caught up in the wrong crowds or taking out their aggression and frustration with violence.
The American Geophysical Union (AGU) meeting in San Francisco each December is the place to network, meet potential collaborators, catch up with friends and competitors, and immerse oneself in the latest research from some of the world's greatest earth and planetary science minds.
One loses all sense of quality and meaning if one gets caught up in what one is trying to do oneself".
