Application of Impossible Things: Natalie Sudman

Natalie Sudman experienced an unusual out of the body or near death experience after being blown up by an IED in Iraq. Unlike most people- who go through a period of reorientation as they adjust to existence in eternity- Sudman knew exactly where she was and what she was doing and- having delivered a report on her life thus far to an audience of her peers/fellow spirits- worked with others on the partial healing of her body before she returned to it. Her account of life in other dimensions is searching, analytical, far, far out- and, I rather think, the best I've ever read.

If I Had My Way...

... I would design hospitals around quadrangles full of trees and grass and running water. The wards would be single storey with lots of windows- all of which would open- and there would be doors into the gardens- wide enough to wheel a bed through. Every bed would command a view of the world outside and every wall that wasn't glass would be brightly painted and/or display specially commissioned works of art. Ceilings would be reasonably high- and corridors- if we had to have them- as airy and well lit as the wards.It would be a guiding principle that no space should have to be lit by artificial light except on very dark days and at night...