Why water helps your brain focus and think clearly—science reveals the cognitive power of oceans, rivers, and fountains.

First, how did you know the sounds were musical and not just noise? It's because each sound represents an identifiable abstract pattern. Secondly, how did you know that one piece was by Led Zeppelin ...

In our own idiomatic terms, she’s a fish out of water. Ellida grew up by the sea ... leans into the abstract, the raw yearnings of the life that isn’t, and the entrapment of the one that ...