November 15th, 2008
With western eyes we tend to view a tribal mask as a piece of fantastic sculpture. It is a decorative object to be displayed and enjoyed as a work of art. A piece of art that allows us to touch the world of the other, which we vaguely understand. Yet for the […]
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November 15th, 2008
I had become too sick to live in America.
Even with private insurance, even with Medicare, we couldn’t keep up with our medical bills. So we found a country where we could, and we left.
Picture this: A childless, middle-aged couple both gainfully employed, both college educated, living a frugal but happy life, and the […]
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November 15th, 2008
“Game” Theory
This article was inspired by Mick Napier’s book „Improvise: scene from the inside out“ in which he draws comparisons between Physics and Improvisation. It made me think – I know a little bit about game theory (I majored in it) and it has the word “game” in it, so chances are […]
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November 15th, 2008
Ever walked into a house that felt like home? Ever reminisced about the best year of your life, and wondered why everything came together for you? It could be Feng Shui.
Simply put, Feng Shui is about creating a harmonious environment. It’s the ancient Chinese Science and Art of placement, intended to improve […]
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November 15th, 2008
Preview: “Shipping containers” have yet nothing to do with “housing” in Romania. Is there any chance that they will soon? Belonging to Eastern European block, released in 1989 from communist oppression, Romania has already experienced 15 years of less and less stunning freedom.
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I read a few articles about shipping container housing. It […]
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October 17th, 2008
Vastu is one of the most ancient sciences of Indian architecture and is composed of specific rules, regulations and directions, set down by sages of the vedic times. For the modern society it is the highly evolved, comprehensive building philosophy.
According to vastu, a building or a premises is a living organism and […]
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October 17th, 2008
What does it mean to live “between the points?” What are the points? Are they science and religion? Are they conservative and liberal? Are they men and women? Are they childhood and old age? Are they intellectual and physical? Are they quantum physics and cosmology? Are they Freud and Jung? Are they […]
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October 17th, 2008
Martius, the month of March, is named after him. So is the fourth planet from the sun and a bar of chocolate, but we know him mainly as the god of war.
If you lived in ancient Rome, his name would be as familiar to you as your own, especially at this time of […]
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October 17th, 2008
Somewhere in the world, every eight seconds, a mother is throwing her hands in the air and declaring that her child is a little monster. But for Echidna it was the literal truth.
Echidna was called the mother of all monsters, although her children numbered no more than a dozen or so, and […]
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October 17th, 2008
Towards the end of Million Dollar Baby the character Scraps, ex boxing great turned gym porter, says of a character who has been away from the gym for a while, “And then a ghost walked in.” This is an inadvertant commentary on almost all the principal characters in the film, and thier […]
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