Have you ever managed to simply close your eyes and pretend (even for a couple of seconds) that everything around you is perfect? I do that sometimes, and it takes a considerable weight off my mind.
This song takes me back in the mountains i fell in love with. Where everything really [...]
Archive for May, 2008
Coldplay – Beautiful World
Posted in world, tagged coldplay, mountains, temporary peace of mind on May 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
paradigms
Posted in Books, theories, world, tagged basic theories, Copernicus, Darwin, Kuhun, observing theories on May 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
In ‘The Structure of Scientific Revolutions’ Thomas Kuhn analyses the development of science and its impact on the world’s changes, over time. One of the main ideas in his work was based on the nature of perception and scientific revolution, as in what a scientist observes may change in time. Moreover, what two scientists [...]
Some Freud …
Posted in Books, Freud, thoughts, tagged Carl Jung, infancy, repression, unconscious, Wasting time on May 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Reading Freud again, when I am actually supposed to be doing totally different things. Why do we never do the things we are supposed/told to? I am well aware that if I had to do an essay on Freud, I would try my best to find something else to do, even if I quite enjoy [...]
Walk …
Posted in men, thoughts, tagged Father's words, Holmforth, Shame on iulisis on May 5, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Been to Holmforth today for a nice, long walk. Amazing that place… All that nature and green landscape around made me dread facing the grumpy old city again.
It was a big group of us going; 24 to be more exact. Sometimes I don’t even know when I got to meet so many people, since [...]
Zipes on Folklore
Posted in Books, culture, fairy-tales, folklore, media, thoughts, world, tagged Disney, Snow White, Zipes on May 1, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I have just been reading a rather interesting book – Zipes, Breaking the Magic Spell– and I couldn’t help but make some comments on it.
The book’s main purpose is highlighting the major influence that the impact of technology and capitalism has on the historical development of the folklore and ways in which the mass media [...]
