I’ve been curious about buddhism for a long time now. I’ve been lucky enough to talk to people who know about it and the more I learn the more it makes sense to me. Recently I ran into The Big View, a wonderful website with a great summary the 4 noble truths and the eightfold [...]
The subtitle in this issue of the Latinamerican Newsweek reads: “10 years of authoritarism has made tens of thousands of professional venezuelans abandon their country”. Among other things, the article talks about the exodus that has left PDVSA (Venezuela’s oil company) in ruins and how the insitutes of scientific investigation have been completely left out.
The [...]
An interesting article on Time, 5 Media Myths Debunked by Michael Jackson’s Death:
What the story of Jackson’s demise might have actually proved is that each type of media —new, social, mainstream — has a part in the news ecosystem and one does not replace the other. The new media provides the speed, the social media [...]
A good friend sent me this article. It has several gems, like:
10. The more talented somebody is, the less they need the props.
11. Don’t try to stand out from the crowd; avoid crowds altogether.
15. The most important thing a creative person can learn professionally is where to draw the red line that separates what you [...]
Conor Oberst, of Bright Eyes
Beck
Willie Mason
Adam Duritz, of Counting Crows
These are some of the honoured/unlucky singer-songwriters that have been deemed as “the next Bob Dylan”. Oh, don´t forget, Bob´s son, of course,
Jakob Dylan, of the Wallflowers
Who else can you think of? Have any of these lived up to the hype?
I won’t ruin or magnify my memories of the show by trying to put them in words. Instead, I’ll invite you to see+hear, learn, or play for yourself with one of their latest creations.
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No arruinaré ni magnificaré mis recuerdos del concierto tratando de ponerlos en palabras. En lugar de eso, te invito que tu mismo [...]
Frank Wheeler: Well I support you, don’t I? I work ten hours a day at a job I can’t stand!
April Wheeler: You don’t have to!
Frank Wheeler: But I have the backbone not to run away from my responsibilities!
April Wheeler: It takes backbone to lead the life you want, Frank.
I (day)dream at work. So I want to learn how to work in dreams.
I was inspired by my designer-friend Lorbus and his design dreams. I know it can be done. Mary Shelley had the idea for Frankenstein in a dream. Eccentrics and extraordinaires from Salvador Dali to Da Vinci, including Richard Feyman, did it. Even [...]
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