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 [...]
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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 [...]
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 [...]
the world’s fallen apart
Posted in thoughts, world on April 28, 2008 | 4 Comments »
BBC NEWS
Austrian ‘hid daughter in cellar’
A 73-year-old Austrian is under arrest on suspicion of hiding his daughter in a cellar for 24 years and fathering seven children with her, police say.
The existence of the woman, believed missing since 1984 and now 42, emerged apparently after a teenage child fell ill and had to be taken [...]
