Imagine…..

Let’s imagine that we are seeing through a cubic box measured 5 inches by 5 inches by 5 inches. In the box, there exists a pair of lips with a crooked lipstick. On your side, there exists a ticking clock. As time goes by, the lips changes shape that adds to the abnormality of the crocked lipstick. The task is to help the lips to gain their original healthy looking situation. The difficulty lies in that we can not remove the lipstick, and time goes on.

Now, a different perspective, into the reality, the box is the skull that we can look into via imaging tools (e.g., MRI, DTI), and the lips are the brain hemispheres (left and right). Ticking clock is the life span. The lipstick is the re-presentation of a given illness (e.g., schizophrenia or a neurodegenerative illness). We know that we can see the issue, and we know, what the outcome is. Of note, we know what the task is, and we have the same limitations. Yet, we are far from solving this perplexing concern.

The triangle has 3 sides. One is the observation and acknowledgment of the situation. Two, recognition of what is at hand. Third is, solving the issue. Two sides of the triangle is covered, the third is missing? Why? How come? What is limiting us? Is it our knowledge? Is it the complexity of the issue? I am not so sure…. I think with many minds we can solve it in time, before the clock tics another 12 round! What do you think?