Zerebria

I have a retarded mind: I very often go through the best ideas in books and posts without noticing them right away. They usually become some sort of “seed” in my head and take 3, 4 days to fully grow, without me having the least intention to do anything about them. And then one day, as a flower that opens after a delicate nurture, I say: “wow”, and do something about it.

Writing the successes of the day was one of those great ideas. Simple, non-coded, very little time-consuming, it pays off in a way that is almost scary. (more…)

When I was in my twenties, I used to go to the movies every weekend with a friend of mine. It would be fair to say that he was the one who taught me the real art of watching films, the art of really considering them and learning from them.

In spite of that, he wasn’t precisely a person of the enthusiastic type, (more…)

Inspirator #1

I recently heard the story of an actor from a small town in the country who moved to the capital in order to promote his career. At first, he tells, everything in the city was so new to him, that, whenever he entered a subway car, (more…)

It happened the other day. I was having the habitual fast-paced walk that is currently my sport of choice (remind me to recover my skates one of these days), when my way got obstructed by a family group. (more…)

Almost a month has passed by (funny how fast January always vanishes: like all newborns, the year is full of energy), and maybe there is enough distance already to recapitulate what were the latest Christmas like.

In my case, they were of a strange kind. (more…)

While any moment is good to start, personal journaling has always been a classical example of new year resolution. And a very healthy one: it increases your awareness and allows you to squeeze to the most the juice of every moment. Furthermore: in an age where time plays and fools us so badly, I have come to think that journaling is a must for mental sanity. (more…)

Happy new year. May all of you achieve plentifulness and reach completion along 2010. May everyone resembles some more the human being he is really intended to be, all free from any kind of social, traditional, educational or psychological harnesses. May all of us be happier, wiser and more free in 365 days’ time.

Days are shorter now, it is time to celebrate; now that the brakeless train of our planet is about to finish one more of its crazy rides, I want to wish all of you a nice new trip, with a special regard for those who got off or on along the previous 365 stations.

I read somewhere a beautiful anthropological interpretation of the meaning of the Christmas tree, previous to (more…)

This is a vivid daydreaming I once had. My thoughts are usually more verbal (sometimes I’m verbal ’till I don’t know what to do), but I also happen to visualize concepts in the shape of (more…)

In terms of energy consumption, pedantry is an outrage. It could be defined as an inflammation of language in which a lot of resources are invested in saying quite little, sometimes even nothing. (more…)