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Keisha E. McKenzie | communication | systems | social good

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Avoiding destiny, and making it

Jean de La Fontaine was a 17th Century verse- and fable-writer who spun ancient Greek tales into the rhythms of modern French poetry. One of the verses he’s most famous for describes the interactions between belief, avoidance, and inevitability: On rencontre sa destinée Souvent par des chemins qu’on prend pour l’éviter. We meet our destiny […]

In foreground pink and shadow: orchid blooms; in background in bright midday light, the urban landscape of lower Manhattan and the Hudson River. The sky is very blue, with a few low-horizon white clouds.