The really extro–verted ways of our human society oblige most of us, its members, to be kind of self-taught about how to deal with our inner worlds. There are increasing and very brave attempts of acknowledgement of such worlds, but for most of the people emotions, feelings and ‘all that stuff’ are regarded as a world of ‘ghosts’, and ghosts are (more…)
I don’t remember the exact details of the joke (maybe that’s why I’m so bad at telling jokes: details are always the most juicy part). It was something about a group of people who had all their jokes arranged in (more…)
Leaving surprise notes to yourself is a wonderful way to increase your awareness and learn or remind yourself things without effort.
Like most of the best techniques, it is very simple; take a small piece of paper and write on one side the thing you want to be reminded of. Make sure you write it as a question. This is important because (more…)
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I would hesitate in recommending ‘The adventures of Buckaroo Banzai across the 8th dimension’ (1984) 229for its merits as a film; it is one of those controversial semi-cult movies (more…)
That elevator ride seemed to have no end, it was one of those days. As usual, I was humming into air all kind of disgusting terms and vague insults, self pity statements and external justifications that explained all my bad luck (yes, that’s my regular habit whenever I have one of those days).
I was so abstracted with my thoughts, in fact, that (more…)
Here is a simple exercise you can practice to improve your attention skills. (more…)
Here’s one of the best descriptions of the storytelling process that I’ve ever read:
Imagination is more important than experience and inspiration. I don’t want to give a faithful report on real-life incidents, I want to (more…)
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The point of view of Neuro-Linguistic Programming about words is very interesting: they consider them as a kind of hypnosis – a series of actions intended to (more…)
Corrections are an important part an essential part element of the of any writing process. (more…)
I consider (quality) humor as a tool for the exploration of reality, and I’ve always thought there is a profound truth in this sketch from Woody Allen’s first film, ‘Take the money and run’. It goes like this: (more…)
