When I was in college, I had one favorite subject, which, ironically, nobody else liked. That subject is called semiotics, and it is the study of signs. It is not yet a fully developed science, but this is what its pioneers aimed for, and are still aiming. Every semiotics theoretician is completing its predecessors work …
I have just finished reading a book by a Japanese author called Yukio Mishima. It resembles a diary and it is about a young boy’s life until early adulthood. What makes it interesting is the style of writing characterized by a very high and strange type of sensibility. The main character which is also the …
Yesterday I had a day off so I met with a friend for a coffee. I haven’t seen her in a while and we always ask ourselves why is that, since we always finish our talks with words of awe towards how productive the conversation was. Maybe we kid ourselves or just like to make …
Every age has its beauty, and the struggles between generations have one taboo subject: death and everyone’s fear that the future moments might stop coming. As we are young and unconscious, we think our time is unlimited, so we do not care about our future or health. Most want to age and die of old …
Ever since love has fallen from classical view of sincere partnership into the intense waves of romantic tragedy, man has developed more and more resistance and evasion skills in this venture. The higher number of divorces from today suggest a bigger flexibility that the lovers have as opposed to other times. Both men and women …
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. …