Corrupted purity: Chinese poetic mastery meets contemporary reality
My short poem about corrupted purity was inspired by some of the eternal truths shared in the poems of perhaps the greatest Chinese poet Du Fu. Also known in the […]
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Bliss in a bite, chocolate as “your own personal trainer” and more contemporary cravings
We truly need some laugh these days and chocolate can tickle your bellies and literally spark the minds. Theobroma Cacao had evolved into quite a comedy, a play between ideas […]
Making traditional washi paper in Japan
While there are only three towns in Japan still traditionally making Washi paper, you can make your own at home. In the videos bellow, I and my Japanese friend filmed […]
The beauty of insight in solitude
Solitude is not just for the introverts as we have been pushed into it involuntarily in 2020. The first wave of enforced social distancing was not enough for us to […]
Fortune: tarot & symbolism of reading from tea leaves
There is a deep connection between tarot cards and tea leaves, fortune. Tarot became a popular entertainment, sparking up friends outings and house parties well before the Covid cut off […]
Kings and Queens: a poetic call for equality
Kings and Queens is a symbolic poem about balance creating more stability, fulfilment and genuine joy in gender-sensitive relationships. I am the light, and darkness won’t rip it away The […]
Talvo by Dalsass: all seasons dining in a Swiss 17th century chalet
In one of the oldest, stunningly facade-painted farm houses in the Engadine valley Talvo by Dalsass offers the most consistent fine meal in the summer and winter around St Moritz. Only a […]
Musing on EQUALITY: it dwells in and outside our institutions
David Foster Wallace: ”Truth will set you free, but not until it’s done with you first.” Awareness is the first step in letting any positive change to drop its seed […]
Sensory awakening during fasting
A gong sound bath vibrated so deeply throughout my body that my senses of hearing, touching and seeing merged into a unified instrument of sensory awakening. Something else was happening, […]
Spiritual sensibility when fasting
Spiritual sensibility is elevated by fasting. As the body has nothing to digest, and the mind is tired, the spirit floats in a new dimension. If you reached the higher […]