The "Nature" of Desire

"Our lives are just one moment

a breath imagined by the senses,

And that moment is a great thought

And that thought is a desire,

The urge to being and to be love.

All at once all together, the same"

-Anonymous

Independent Senior Research Project  
in Neural and Behavioral Sciences  
By Rachel Berman
Advisor: Dr. Paul Grobstein, Bryn Mawr College  
 

Artwork by Albert Shvilly