Our generation is one of great comfort and diverse entertainment that goes along with this comfort. Even though this context is provided to us by the great technological advancements, that reshape our ways of working and our ways of spending free time, as a society we seem to be getting closer and closer to what …
I recently saw the much expected movie, „Valerian and the city of a 1000 planets” and I have to say that it was quite an experience. Even before it got into theaters in my country, articles and youtube videos started to appear, saying it flopped the premier box office. I didn’t watch or read any …
I recently came across an article about art written by a Polish artist who visited my country’s most renowned museums. It kind of angered me because it said that Romania, as well as Poland, doesn’t have any unique art because we hang too much on our communist past. I am not here necessarily to argue …
I begin by saying that, since I started naturally (without research, simply reflecting) building upon this subject, I came across a guy that is more of an authority in the domain and he pretty much has the answer to everything with the data to back it up. His name is Philip Zimbardo and this is …
In this piece I want to talk about a different perspective on how we perceive literature. A personal approach which is the fruit of a several years reflection exercise on why should I read fiction (or artistic prose) and why is it so easy for more and more people to replace it with video materials. …
Sorin is a player of one of the biggest, fascinating and complex card games: Magic: The Gathering. He told me many times about it and he also invited me to one of his meetings with other players… but I didn’t make time for this. But because he is just as stubborn as I am, yesterday he came …
Intro: In this article I decided to tell you guys about something that I am really passionate about. It is the worldwide phenomenon called Magic:the Gathering – the first trading card game ever, in which fantasy and storytelling interacts with chess-like strategies and gaming competition. I got interested with MTG a year ago, not because anyone …
I don’t remember the first time I found out about the existence of stem cells, but I know they didn’t catch my interest at the time, in order to make me more curious about them. Now, about three years later, I came across this article from CNN about a girl with autism symptoms who got …
Memories are so precious to us that we choose to store all sorts of things in boxes as cute and unique as possible. Airline tickets, receipts, love cards, souvenirs, are just some of the things that we store. We store things to keep alive memories that we do not want to give up.Every time we …
The dolls have an old, mysterious history. And we all agree that the porcelain dolls are weirder than the cute and fluffy bear. The dolls are the oldest and most popular toys around the world. They are also the most loved by children, being among the first toys and gifts they receive. First, a little …