Month: August 2023
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Kintsugi
Alfie is a play adapted into film in 1966, and again in 2004. As a young woman, I loved this movie for its witty lines and beautiful characters, namely the womanizer that is Alfie. What’s Alfie like? Listen to his impression upon Aphrodite, “beautiful she was; perfect female form; chiseled features; exquisite. I stood in…
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Ikigai
The Oxford English Dictionary defines the Japanese concept ikigai as “a motivating force; something or someone that gives a person a sense of purpose or a reason for living”. It is to give meaning to life, a raison d’être. Here, we have furthered it into a venn diagram consisting of four circles: what the world…
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Discourse on Happiness
Happiness is a popular and well-studied field in the US. As Americans, we care about our happiness a lot. The right to “Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness” is written into our declaration of independence. We’re inclined to think that everyone else does, too, but the pursuit of happiness is not a universal pursuit. …
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Kvas
The first time I tasted kvas was in the city of Yekaterinburg in Russia’s Siberia. It was a perfect thirst quencher for a sunny and moist summer day. How hot can it really get in Siberia at such high latitudes? -but that it is landlocked allows its summer temperatures to rise to a sizzling 90’s…
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