You never know just how the world looks from someone else’s perspective. This is even more true when you consider that humans will literally NEVER know what the world looks like through the eyes of some of our most visually-gifted and unique neighbors. Today, ilumin is taking a look at vision from the eyes of some of Henry Doorly Zoo’s sharpest critters!
Dr. Brandon Menke has officially accepted a partnership with the ilumin practice. The energy Dr. Menke brings to his work inspires us daily, and the connections he has made with our patients has earned him unwavering faith from us all.
Are you of the opinion that Valentine’s Day was invented by Hallmark to sell cards? That Thanksgiving is a product of the Turkey Council of America to serve overcooked birds? Perhaps your birthday is just an excuse for your mother to tell you the story of your 13-hour labor and ask why you don’t call anymore.
No amount of money could convince you to go back in time. With maturity, you’ve developed your sense of style, gained wisdom, and learned to enjoy every day! But with the perks of perspective come a few drawbacks. For instance, your vision.
After decades of watching the sun rise and set every day, it still has the power to stop us in our tracks and force us to take a moment to appreciate it. The fading light and blossoming colors are visions artists have suffered to capture since the dawn of time.
If this year’s resolutions included cleaning up, organizing, and getting your home or work space in order, there’s a very good chance 2019 will really be your year! At ilumin, we’ve made our own resolutions to get organized, to varying degrees of success, but we’re ready to make the change for good, and we’d love to take you with us! But we’re going to need a little help.
Your amygdala is a tiny, almond-shaped sensory receptor that lives in your temporal lobe. You wouldn’t know it was there until the moment you hear the first line of a song you haven’t heard since high school, and suddenly you remember all the words you thought were long forgotten.
The fourth Thursday of November is, traditionally, the day we gather our families over an abundant meal and give thanks. To us here at ilumin, Thanksgiving isn’t a date on the calendar, but a verb. We give thanks by never taking for granted any of the beauty around us.
When we think of aging, our first thoughts snap to graying hairs and wrinkled skin, but every part of our body ages at a different pace. Many people are seeing their first gray hairs in their 20s and their first crow’s feet before 30, long before we would begin to consider them “elderly”.
Norma Beck bought her eyeglasses in 1957 when she was just 18 years old. Today, 60 years later, she is still wearing them.
