My version of Greek salad
For many years scientists have been trying to understand the secret of the Mediterranean diet, which is linked to prolonged lifespan. This diet is low on processed food and high on vegetables and olive oil.… Read the rest
Letting Go (by gnuckx [CC-BY-2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons)
A still from Thanks For Sharing motion picture
If you have ever been addicted to anything – alcohol, smoking, internet, you name it, you might be interested in a new film called Thanks for Sharing.
The film is focused on sex addiction.… Read the rest
Hans Thoma, Loneliness, 1880
This is a bit of a ‘free flow of thought’ post about a common fear of being lonely.
Homo sapiens is a social animal: the mankind has evolved in tribes and the solitary lifestyle is not natural for us.… Read the rest
Prince Myshkin from Dostoevsky’s novel “Idiot” is a renowned misfit character
I’m a misfit. Always been one, always will be. Yet often, when things got too difficult, I would think, “I wish I was normal, like everyone else.”
The thing is there’s no such thing as normal.… Read the rest
Now, there can’t be two more different books than Oblomov and Jonathan Livingston Seagull save for two things. The first one is that both became instant classics after their publication and still enjoy wide readership. Another one is a common theme of self-perfection making them timeless texts and an ideal pair for comparative analysis.… Read the rest
Old Hindu Man in contemplation By James Rattray, via Wikimedia Commons