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There’s an obvious objection to all this: It sounds as if we’re naively personifying a giant math problem, mistaking statistical patterns for sentience—falling for the oldest anthropomorphic error in the book.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 25, 2025

Directed by artistic director Mathew Wright, the solo performance features Alcalá personifying four nurses and a respiratory therapist, using their words, verbatim, about working during the COVID-19 pandemic.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 20, 2023

One banner commemorating the Bill of Rights borrows from Christmas language to proclaim, “Joy to the world — the Bill of Rights is born,” elevating and personifying the document that grants Americans consequential freedoms.

From Washington Times • Dec. 15, 2022

One of his only hobbies is putting holes in the wall, personifying the imploding of your life once parenthood enters it like a bomb going off.

From Salon • Aug. 28, 2022

The Chippewaya Indians were in the habit of personifying sleep as an immense insect called Weeng, which someone once saw at the top of a tree engaged in making a buzzing noise with its wings.

From Essays in the Study of Folk-Songs (1886) by Martinengo-Cesaresco, Countess Evelyn