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Wabi- Sabi by Leonard Koren
Leonard Koren in his book Wabi- Sabi For Artists, Designers, Poets & Architects analyzes the Japanese concept of wabi-sabi. It's a small...
Marialena Ilia
Nov 24, 20192 min read
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The Journey is Oneself in Siddhartha
'' I want to learn from myself, want to be my student, want to get to know myself, the secret of Siddhartha.'' Siddhartha is a novel...
Marialena Ilia
May 8, 20193 min read
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The Value of Sadness for the Individual by Rainer Maria Rilke
- Nothing alien happens to us, but only what has long been our own. Rainer Maria Rilke In the collection of letters written by the...
Marialena Ilia
Apr 25, 20192 min read
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Rainer Maria Rilke Advising Young Creators
Letters to a Young Poet is a collection of letters written between 1903 to 1908 by the Austrian poet Rainer Maria Rilke to a young,...
Marialena Ilia
Apr 12, 20193 min read
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Wherever You Go, There You Are by Jon Kabat- Zinn
"Seek not the good in external things; seek it in yourselves." Epictetus, ancient Greek philosopher Wherever You Go, There You Are is a...
Marialena Ilia
Mar 28, 20193 min read
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Thus I Willed it in, When Nietzsche Wept
''I shall always remain alone, but what a difference, what a wonderful difference, to choose what I do. Amor fati- choose your fate, love...
Marialena Ilia
Nov 29, 20184 min read
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Anton Chekhov//The Kiss: Low Self Esteem and Social Anxiety
The realization that he was shy, round-shouldered, quite undistinguished, that he had a long waist, lynx- like side whiskers, hurt him...
Marialena Ilia
May 21, 20184 min read
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Metamorphosis - Franz Kafka
*Hey you, watch out for spoilers ! So listen, you go to sleep at night and the next morning you find yourself with a couple of more feet...
Marialena Ilia
Jan 21, 20184 min read
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Albert Camus, The Outsider, and The Circumstantial Nature of Life
‘My mother died today. Or maybe yesterday, I don’t know.’ Camus' book 'The Outsider' feasts on the absurdity of life. The protagonist...
Marialena Ilia
Oct 9, 20173 min read
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Virginia Woolf, The Waves, and The Self
The waves, represent the inner life force that resides within every human being until our vanishing sets it free. ‘A whole flower to...
Marialena Ilia
Oct 3, 20173 min read
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