The First Elegy BY RAINER MARIA RILKE Who, if I cried out, would hear me among the angels’ hierarchies? and even if one of them pressed me suddenly against his heart:I would be consumed in that overwhelming existence.For beauty is nothing but the beginning of terror, which we are still just able to endure,and we […]
Now is the All! Netherlands weather vibes via memory 🤷 Weirdly healing George Bacovia 🙏 Rar “Singur, singur, singur,Într-un han, departe —Doarme şi hangiul,Străzile-s deşarte,Singur, singur, singur… Plouă, plouă, plouă,Vreme de beţie —Şi s-asculţi pustiul,Ce melancolie!Plouă, plouă, plouă… Nimeni, nimeni, nimeni,Cu atât mai bine —Şi de-atâta vremeNu ştie de mineNimeni, nimeni, nimeni… Tremur, tremur, tremur…Orice […]
” I stick my finger in existence — it smells of nothing. Where am I? Who am I? How came I here? What is this thing called the world? What does this world mean? Who is it that has lured me into the world? Why was I not consulted, why not made acquainted with its […]
37 de ani de la moartea lui Nichita Stănescu: 31 Mar 1933 – 13 Dec 1983 For english (not so bright) translations go here. Musai Soundworks · Amintiri (cu Nichita Stănescu) Semn 5 Ca şi cum ai vedea munţii plângând,ca şi cum ai citi din deşerturi un gând,ca şi cum ai fi mort şi totuşi alergând,ca şi […]
Diogenes (aprox. 412-323 BC), aka Diogenes the Cynic, or kynikos / dog (σκύλος), was by far the truest and most radical pre-Christian Greek philosopher, regarded as a pioneer of the Cynic Philosophy – a Zen-like non-School of anti-Philosophy expounding and embracing an ascetic and transcendental nihilism. Imagine The legend goes on with Diogenes walking the […]
“You act like mortals in all that you fear, and like immortals in all that you desire” , Seneca notes. A bell rings. “How long are you going to wait before you demand the best for yourself and in no instance bypass the discriminations of reason? You have been given the principles that you ought to […]
“If you survive until tomorrow, it could mean that either a) you are more likely to be immortal or b) that you are closer to death.” N.Taleb, The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable No man is an island,entire of itself;every man is a piece of the continent,a part of the main.If a […]
Considerations on Thinking about the Future “The mystery of human existence lies not in just staying alive, but in finding something to live for.” ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Brothers Karamazov Mind-Body Awareness like Time-Space Awareness Buddhas are enlightened about delusion, ordinary beings are deluded about enlightenment” (in the absence of delusion, there is neither enlightenment nor […]
Laughing during serious situations on #SpaceShipEarth ” I think we all know that laughter brings Relaxation and that humor makes us playful, yet how many times important discussions been held where really original and creative ideas were desperately needed to solve important problems, but where humor was taboo because the subject being discussed was […]
#Learn How To See Listen “.. the central idea was about music as a place you go to. Not a narrative, not a sequence that has some sort of teleological direction to it—verse, chorus, this, that, and the other. It’s really based on abstract expressionism: Instead of the picture being a structured perspective, where […]