One face is named love. The other is named war. The name of the coin is passion — and when you stop looking at which face you're holding, you've left the outcome to chance. We don't think of ourselves as people who wage war. Warmongers
A critique. No. I haven't read Hegel. And I know what you're thinking if you have- tugh, she hasn't even read Hegel. (Told you) I've not read Hegel because it's not that his ideas lack value, but because the way
A true salmon is immortal till the day it dies. Born to a fresh-water river, it grows then is washed downstream till it hits the ocean. Saltwater infiltrates every cell, burning the fish, reshaping it from within. It then spends years in vast waters, learning everything there is to know
-Mother My mother has an almost cellular connection to Andalusia. On top of having great taste, she's always drawn to late moorish art and architecture. This woman has been quietly, and often loudly, by my side through thick and thin- Regardless of the ease of our relationship status.
Let me tell you about the boy who cried wolf. There was once an orphan shepherd boy. The shepherd wished to be the best the world had ever seen — in memory of his father. He'd have a strong flock, and sweet pastures. He dreamed of becoming the mightiest
*Mercy is deserving worse and receiving better.* --- **Abstract** For millennia, Abrahamic dietary law has prohibited the consumption of pork. In the contemporary era, the legitimacy of this prohibition is frequently interrogated — and just as frequently, poorly defended. The explanations most commonly offered: hygiene, parasitology, desert ecology. These are insufficient.
-Good advice was once worth a camel. Now that it is free of charge, no one takes it- Money talks. Wealth whispers. Whispers are silver. Silence is golden. I strongly advise refraining from attempting to decipher the thickness of somebody's wallet. Money is a private affair. None of
One of my favourite paintings, and my favourite rendition. Artemisia Gentileschi, a post-Renaissance painter, like her Tuscan father, became a notable artist in an age where the fine arts — like most things — were reserved for men. This woman, through hardship, extraordinary talent, and sheer grit, was accepted into the Florence
By trade, I'm an artisan of stone. A single artisan in the grand tradition of craftspeople. Well, more simply, I'm a builder. Oh, how I like to think if I so pleased I could just go and make my own abode, seeing as it's
Flower power. Certainly enchanting — pretending to practise the sweetness of doing nothing while doing everything you can. Discreetly. Wise words once said: 'everything is about sex. Except sex. Sex is about power.' La drague, le pécho, pick up, hit on… The list is long for calling a shovel
Lesson 1 – Mineral TIL: The immovable rock meets an unstoppable river. ① Never make the first move! (ii) Do not kiss her first (iii) Do not touch her (with sexual intent) first (iv) Do not undress her unless she asks or suggests first. i.e. removing your clothes for you. (v)