Concepts that move and propel me in my life. Words that tease and urge me to search. Values that matter and feed the soul. Inspiration that does not allow me to fall asleep in consumption. Real world beyond those "simple is beautiful" shortcuts. An homage to the beautiful complexity of experience of being alive. A "bestiary" of phenomena that find you whether you ignore them, hate them, or run away.
3001
Magic of everyday
tao
Contradictions, paradoxes, polarity. The play of the opposites that creates the world. Ideas and matter. Life and death. Mind and flesh. Spirit and soul. Belonging and exceptionality. Individual and communal. Liberal and conservative. Innovation and tradition. Progress and preservation. Economy and ecology.
3002
Healthy darkness of the
soul
Spirituality is riding the fashion wave. The contrast of materialism and "something more" is rediscovered almost daily. Though a little attention is given to the distinction between the spirit and the soul. The "esoteric" domains are often blended together, even if they embody an epic-scale difference. This is care of the soul 101.
3003
Deep side of the
beauty
How to grasp the flickering of the light on the water? Are humans built to cope with beauty? How do we take it in, how does it pass through us, what do we do about it? What does the deity of beauty demand of the soul? How do we give it what it wants? How do we interpret what it asks for? Confirming beauty, sharing beauty, catching beauty, describing beauty, adding to it.
3004
Tell your life as a
story
There's more to the world than the objects that we can get, win, own, have, use or throw away. There's more to the human experience than just enumeration and combination of facts. There's more than just feelings of the moment - be it sadness, bliss, desire or longing. Not what I am, not what I have, not what I do, not what I feel ... but what I experience. The threads of fairy-tales woven into the fabric of life.
3005
Ephemeral temptations of the
adventure
What is the calling, what is that restlessness that draws the modern man out of his far-too-safe realities - into the mud? Something missing, distant memories or even memes, vague ideas. The thirst we try to quench with consuming products associated with the stories - persists. The word still exists in the language, used frequently, though what meaning it refers to?
3006
Joys of life can be shared in
conviviality
The dance of the opposites, spiritual insight, moments of wonder, fascinating stories, adventurous life - get devalued if there is no one to share them with - to report, reflect, rephrase. The keyword that disappeared from our language - nevertheless still references the longing that did not abandon the soul. We might need more than just wanting ...
3007
Arcane art of raising the
goosebumps
Churches, theaters, cinemas, galleries, stadiums, clubs - temples that change shape, rites that change content, crowds that change generations - but we still come. What persists is the motive of celebration, shared experience, conviviality - that feeds us as much as the food and information. Places where we "do" with an added value, moments when there's more layers to what happens.