If someone had a knife to your throat, and you were certain they were going to go slashy-slashy … what’s the one thing you’d wish for? […]
‘For some idiotic reason, your most horrific experiences are the stories you most love to tell’ – The Philosophy of Xavier in The Spanish Apartment.
Think back to the things that happened to you that seemed disastrous at the time, but now you look back at and laugh at. Outside […]
Does all the best shit in life only happen outside of your comfort zone? All the best experiences, the best friendships… and the best moments – are the most memorable and powerful ones only happen when you’re NOT comfortable.
In what areas of your life are you in the comfort zone? Though life within it can be cushy and nice, and also full of […]
You aren’t who you WERE or what you’ve ALWAYS DONE, you are who you are and what you do NOW + what Vanilla Sky (or Abre Los Ojos)’s got to do with it.
What you’ve always done, how you’ve always acted, how you react to certain tough situations, the guilt you get in certain situations is because you always have […]
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Viva la Vida & The Philosophy of Frida Kahlo [pt.2]
This was contentiously the last thing Frida Kahlo ever painted: But even if it’s not agreed that it undeniably was, it’s pretty much agreed that her […]
‘It is your life. Invent yourself and then reinvent yourself; don’t swim in the same slough.’ – The philosophy of: Charles Bukowski (Is a life stripped of goals and dreams a meaningless one?) + The philosophy of: Modest Mouse
Is an ambition-free life, one ‘free’ of dreams a meaningless one? Is existence completely in the present a purposeless one? In Dostoyevsky’s The Idiot, a […]
If you’re experiencing something deep, some real emotions, some powerful feelings of fear, challenge, toughness or isolation, embrace them. These are the real times of life.
Most people have a one (or a lot of) songs that when they hear them, the song automatically takes you back to some time. And […]
The philosophy of: Atlanta Falcons Fullback Derrick Coleman
Why you gonna let someone else mess up how you feel about yourself? A huge part of American football is communication. But still Derrick Coleman […]
Instead of saying ‘I can’t…’, how about asking yourself: ‘Why can’t I?’ and ‘How can I?’
There is no such thing as “Can’t” (other than ‘I can’t live without water/oxygen etc.’, and those laws of physics which are limiting, e.g. I […]
When faced with a big decision, focus on what you’ll gain (and nothing else)
After making a significant decision where a sacrifice was made, there’s this tendency for some (and I’ve done this too) to focus on what I’ve […]