I was reading in my studio during
one spring weekend day trying to delight myself with the oftentimes
fascinating perspectives of other brilliant minds. And during one brief pause my
accidental glance on the window caught the unannounced white petals parade enacted
by the playful interaction between the wind and a nearby cherry tree. My
buzzing mind abandoned for a moment all previous activities...
Saturday, April 25, 2020
Tuesday, April 21, 2020
Hypothesis for CORONA’s origin
When
faced with uncertainty and unpredictability we naturally struggle to fill in
the void with plausible explanations. Making sense of what we see and coming up
with credible theories represent a legitimate attempt to better orient
ourselves in the new environment. The increasing number of CORONA infections
and deaths, the massive disruption for our daily life and the economy made us fill
in...
Sunday, April 19, 2020
The value of attitudes
Attitudes
possess a hidden power to shape and color the melodic and even atonal notes of our
lives in most circumstances we have to face throughout the journey. They can
set a starting point for what may come later or change the action’s course in
the same way as a musical key sets the tone (or pitch) for the notes that
unfold on its portative. And my feeble musical allusions are only meant to
introduce...
Sunday, April 12, 2020
Could the second joy be happier for you too?
I’ve been told
that my texts seem too dense for some readers, with hidden meanings remaining mute
at first glance. Probably some of the unexpected moves, abrupt comparisons, sudden
changes and wired associations fancied by my excited neurons preclude the normal
predictions in an unanticipated fashion. I do apologize for forcing you to hike
into such a dense tropical forest of metaphors instead of...
Saturday, April 11, 2020
Brief guide against baloney theories
I’ve argued in another
post that our CORONA-invaded world is currently in suspension. That leaves our
bodies, our home office, the lamp and a bunch of unanswered questions to freely
float in a zero-gravity field we couldn’t even imagine last month. We are not used
to tolerate such a massive amount of uncertainties, and we really hunger for some
solid and sound assurances that could help us navigate...
Friday, April 10, 2020
A world in suspension
In
our day and age ideas can bounce from one brain to the next continent in
seconds due to our loved-hated technology. Let me illustrate, using the six
degree of separation framework, how an idea bounced to me from a previously
unknown person. For this story I need to activate only four out of the six
degrees of separation. In one of my longer than one hour phone talk with a dear
Romanian friend...
Wednesday, April 1, 2020
Healthy principles for staying home
Disclaimer: I
just hope you will find charming when I spill over the limits of my English as
a second language.
Most of us lead complicated,
multifaceted lives and entertain various roles in our struggle to experience life
fully and attend the endless diversity of our needs. Usually we wear different outfits
especially designed for each role we play on separate scenes for distinct audiences.
And...
Our different reactions to staying home
When it comes to explaining
our reactions to usual situations, let alone unprecedentedly extreme crisis
ones, there are many factors that came into play: personality, education,
cognitive distortions, anxiety levels, financial income, physical and mental
illness, cultural norms and much, much more. But the natural diversity of our
behaviors, which otherwise would not cry out so loud, becomes particularly
evident...