Feb 24th, 2007
Serendipity: Thanks, Horace Walpole
A recent post on SensitivityToThings.com, entitled Serendipity, prompted more in-depth pondering about the word and its meaning. Serendipity can be defined as pure luck in discovering unsought things, or yet more simply as good fortune. This might be a good time to explain the link between the name chosen for this site and its chosen [...]
Feb 23rd, 2007
Homage to British Artist Andy Goldsworthy
This post is long overdue—perhaps about 20 years or so, as that’s how long I’ve admired Andy Goldsworthy’s approach to art. Thank God for the humble camera—without it most of his art would melt, blow, or rot back into the elements from whence it came, in the space of time it takes for the winds [...]
Feb 20th, 2007
The Health Benefits Of Honey
Honey has been recognised for thousands of years as a cure for many common ailments. It is a miracle food with far-reaching merits: at once anti-bacterial, anti-viral, and anti-fungal. 13 Interesting Honey Facts: The flavour, colour and texture vary depending on the nectar from which it was made. The less processed the honey, the more nutrients it [...]
Feb 20th, 2007
The Road Home (Zhang Yimou)
Ostensibly this film is a glimpse of difficult times in recent Chinese political history, highlighting the perceived value of knowledge and learning, and illustrating the bonds of family love. It is a poignant reminder of fading noble values—values in danger of being lost to a world of mass-production and a society of short-termism. A businessman returns [...]
Feb 20th, 2007
Write From The Heart: 10 Ideas
Consciously focusing on the heart rather than the mind can help unlock ever-new writing potential, keeping your creativity flowing ever more consistently, bringing forward from within your own unique writing capacity. Writing from the heart is allowing our true inner self speak about the world around us. Prolific writer Sri Chinmoy once said: “There is a [...]
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