The Mindful Bard: Listen Up Philip by Wanda Waterman the Voice, Volume 22 Issue 45 2014-11-14 Film: Listen Up Philip Director: Alex Ross Perry “The need to feel superior, though common to all neuroses, must be stressed here because of its intrinsic association with detachment. The expressions ’ivory tower’ and ’splendid isolation’ are evidence that even in common parlance, detachment and superiority are almost invariably linked.” – Karen Horney in Our Inner Conflicts “Look, it’s nothing personal, but I’m really trying to do my best up here, and part of that means not getting involved with anybody—in a, say, a … Continue reading The Splendid Isolation of the Ivory Tower (and its Hapless Victims)