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Ready for a new cinematic paradigm?
Let’s take a step back and dive into the mind-blowing elements composing the world of movie director Christopher Nolan. His upcoming movie, Tenet, deals with the possibility of reversing the flow of time. Imagine for one second this would be true, fascinating don’t you think? Previously, he brilliantly tackled dreams as the primary element of…
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The absurdity of the marriage proposal and of what follows it
Times are changing. People are on the streets, all over the world, protesting in huge numbers against a racist structure that unfairly gives people different life opportunities and life threats according to their skin color. Since 2017, the #MeToo movement connected millions of people across the globe against sexual harassment and assault, leading them to…
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The weakening of language’s power: social media, communication’s noises’ and superficial relationships
I am always amazed by how much art can make us reflect about life in different angles, and also by how much discussing about it – whether it is a painting, a movie or a book – with other people allow us to expand even more our points of view and thoughts. Due to social…
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Don’t let your brain fool you
Information is power. You might have heard that before. No matter if it’s true or not, we can easily observe how big influence one information might have. The situation the whole world is facing nowadays is a great example of the impact of information. Fear, denial, or information overload are only few of the main…
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Empathy, dialogue, and individuality: essential principles of our growing up process
For as long as I remember, I’ve always believed in education. My dream was to become a kindergarten teacher, to put my beliefs into action by helping children develop their personalities, cultivate curiosity for all the learning possibilities that we have in the world, and supporting them on their challenges and discoveries. A lot of…
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History and the importance of names
One of the aspects I’ve always loved about (studying) History is that it makes you smarter. A bit like a superpower, or a “third eye”, so to speak, it helps you see layers in reality, in everyday life, in the political arena that are not evident to a less trained eye. Studying History leads us…
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Support your local dreamer
Does it matter where you make your purchases, and to whom does it matter? Nowadays it’s really easy to just go and buy whatever you need from big supermarkets, or what’s becoming more and more popular, ordering from online. And why not? It’s much cheaper and more convenient to go and buy everything you need…
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Bakers don’t bake fake cookies
Trust. It’s something we can’t do without, but there seems to be less and less of it. Neighbors, potential acquaintances, teachers and fellow citizens have all grown distant from us. We’re not sure what’s happening in the world around us, but it surely can’t be what the news is telling us. We are the critical…
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About being young, talking with mom and dad, searching out there, and building your future
One of the defining traits of youth is that the amount of life we have yet to live is much greater than the one we have lived so far. Being young is being a subject in the kingdom of the -ing, experiencing, experimenting, maturing; not in the kingdom of the -ed, experienced, experimented, matured. Being…
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The beauty of useless pleasures
Today, April 11, 2020, the song of the South Korean boy group called Block B, “Toy”, completed the fourth anniversary since its release. It means it has been a little bit more than four years that I have been listening to Korean music. The song, that is part of the album “Blooming Period”, was one…
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Traveling by train and other digressions
Traveling by train is, in my opinion, a way more interesting experience in comparison to selecting the aircraft solution. This is even more accurate for an outbound journey. Here are first a few ideas related to this topic, followed by several thoughts tackling a wider scope. First, I think traveling by train is pleasant as…
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