"The elements are all there--fingers, keys, strings, ears--but there's something in the way, something inhibiting our ability to fully experience all the possibilities. The apostle Paul writes that now we see "as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face" (1 Cor. 13). Right now, we're trying to embrace our lover, but we're wearing a hazmat suit. We're trying to have a detailed conversation about complex emotions, but we're underwater. We're trying to taste the thirty-two different spices in the curry, but our mouth is filled with gravel."