“Sovereign of my heart, Regina, kept safe and secret in the deepest corner of my breast.” I’m big on psychology theorists these days, and while searching for e-books for Rollo Reese May (since I failed to find any hardcopies in our distinguished book-stores across Cairo), I came across works by Soren Kierkegaard, Danish philosopher, psychologist and theologian. I… [Read more…]
June 16, 2010
I was reading through some of the posts on Evolver.net and www.realitysandwich.com, and this post reminded me of an old dream: discovering that I really don’t belong to this world, for some reason or another. Or at least that I don’t belong to the mundane version of it, which I’m living through right now. Looking… [Read more…]
June 15, 2010
If you suffer, and you will (because who doesn’t?), then do it successfully, according to both Marcel Proust and Alain de Botton. It’s not the easiest thing in the world. Drenched in sorrows, it’s easier of course to stay in bed, jump off a bridge than write a philosophy book. If you plan on ending… [Read more…]
June 13, 2010
This morning, I found a grape in my shoes. It was a red grape. And I had a suspect in mind: my youngest cat. He likes to play with our food. It made me smile, because it was one of those small things that reminds me I’m not alone. I remember when I lived on… [Read more…]
June 12, 2010
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June 11, 2010
De Botton, Alain – On Love (The book in pdf format) Where do I begin? I don’t know. So I won’t. I’ll just leave you with the book, and let you formulate your own impressions and reach your own conclusions. I’ve been flooding my time-line on Twitter with quotes from this book, and I’m not… [Read more…]
June 9, 2010
This was my first acting workshop. During the interview, I bluntly explained to the trainer that I have no acting experience, no interest in the art beyond observation and that I do not intend to become an actor. When he asked me, why I was there, I simply answered, “as a confidence exercise” and that was… [Read more…]
April 17, 2010
Yes, I borrow from movies a lot. But it’s not this Elijah Wood drama that I want to talk about here, but about Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind … which is not exactly his although he appeared in it, since Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet were the poster stars. But I just wanted to… [Read more…]
June 29, 2010
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