a philosophy of stroke - 2

John Kassoutason September 01, 2026

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Hi Daniele (Nina, Sophia, et al.),

You replied yesterday (Monday, 31/08/26), to my article on ‘a philosophy of stroke,’ with this insight: “I look at my fellow survivors here where I live and I see that incredible spark in their eyes and I know they have the key to survive even if they cannot communicate it.” This is a really profound experience of living with illness, where an idiom does not yet exist in our common vocabulary to describe sparkling eyes illuminating a stroke space from which to reason.

John

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Nina Wilde

02/09/2026 09:13

HI John,

I understand what you are talking about - the eye spark. I remember needing to show that I was "still here" even though it may not have appeared that way to on lookers after my stroke,

Thank you for your acknowledgement in this space to the three of us and how you are taking in what we are writing. To be heard through writing is such a compliment to me, so thank you!

Nina

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