“The world breaks everyone, and afterwards many are strong in the broken places”
Ernest Hemingway
There is an ancient Japanese artform that seeks out to repair broken pottery with gold, called Kintsugi. The philosophy behind this is actually...
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In a world where there are 7 billion unique human beings, it’s unavoidable that at some point in our lives, we start to question our own personal importance in scale to everything that is happening in the world.
“Who am I?”
The question that...
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I am not a fan of the ocean. If I had one fear, it’s definitely dark, open water. It’s the fear of the unknown, and the sheer scale of it that really gets me. Oceans cover a majority of the Earth’s surface, and we’ve actually explored more of...
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“People are feeling alone together, in their lighted ship against the darkness of all that was yet to come”
Nighthawks is a painting completed on January 21st 1942 by Edward Hopper, a prolific painter in the realist style. The date in which this...
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The poor cried, “We are starving. There is no more bread, and we have nothing to eat”
The rich man said, “Not my problem you don’t work for your bread.”
As if he did not snatch away the grain for his own greedy hands and create filling bread for...
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“The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge.”
-Stephen Hawking-
Few people have truly changed our perspective on the Universe we live in, one of them was Stephen Hawking.
A Scientist in every meaning of the...
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The modern world is an uncertain place. With the rapid advancement in technology, the way we live our lives can be changed in a matter of weeks or even days. Things haven’t always been this way. Throughout the course of human history, innovation...
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It’s difficult in times like these.
Ideals, dreams and cherished hope rise within us, only to be crushed by grim reality.
It’s a wonder I haven’t abandoned all my ideas, they seem so absurd and impractical.
Yet I cling to them because I still...
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He has the most who is most content with the least.
-Diogenes of Sinope-
Diogenes was an Ancient Greek Philosopher that is famous for his unusual outlook of life, Cynicism, which sets aside conventional desires for a simple lifestyle. He chose to...
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Every Environmental Conservation organizations all have the same slogan;
“Save the Planet”
As if we humans have the power to destroy it…
The Earth is 4.543 billions of years old. It has been through a helluva lot more than us.
This is not the...
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We all know the name Galileo Galilei, he was one of the most famous scientists in history for his work on developing the Heliocentric model of our solar system around 500 years ago (First proposed by Copernicus), which places the sun at the...
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“I no longer know if I wish to drown myself in love, vodka, or the sea” -Franz Kafka
Franz Kafka is one of the most influential writers in history, with a personal writing style that’s so unique and recognizable that it earns the new...
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If you are lucky, you will find something you love doing
Others will take notice.
You’ll strive to improve your skills
Your work will grow to define you
Eventually, you’ll gain recognition for it.
But you may encounter backlash,
inner...
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Art is a testament to our humanity. It is the expression of which we separate ourselves from machines and animals. Without it, life would be monotone, boring, senseless. Our emotions and imagination is the beating heart that drives us to create....
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Imagine a beautiful garden.
Everything is made for us you enjoy, every being is under your control, they exist to be used as you saw fit. You do not age, you have no cause for worry, and you’ll be left with no unfulfilled desire. There you will...
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