Learning from Penelope

In Homer’s Odyssey, Penelope survives not by force, but by craft. She weaves by day and unweaves by night. The weaving keeps the suitors at bay; the unweaving buys her time. It is not indecision. It is strategy. It is control over her own narrative. I have decided to learn from Penelope. Over the next months (or years), I will be rewriting my old papers. Not because the mathematics is wrong. Not because the results no longer matter. But because I was — and perhaps still am — a lousy communicator