I’ve seen “Finding Neverland” (2004). Thoughts on it?
Non-practice
Low-quality music
There once was a person in Romania who was very much against what is considered low-quality music in Romania – manele.
“The hell was I thinking?”
There’s a funny line in Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion (1997): (recalling memories about a person whom she loved/admired in high-school): “The hell was I thinking?”.
Memories tend to be like this. In childhood, you get first memories. First memories of a technical game. First memory of ice cream. First memory of a toy. First memory of a friend. First memory of a person. First memory of riding a bicycle.
And time passes, and your taste in technical objects, in food, in people, in some activities, changes.
You also change, you’re not the same.
People, objects, activities, technical things change.
And you look right now, in August 2020, at a memory some years ago, when you were a child, and you liked ice cream X, game Y, activity Z, and you still think that the memory is nice, that you might have enjoyed it, that you do know why you liked it, but, on another hand, you’re a bit surprised by the choice back then.
In-kind gift
In May 2020, I took part in an online event by “Biz” magazine, in which it was told that it matters more to make donations with products, rather than money.
I think that may hold true.
A lot of companies advertise in their job postings that they offer all sorts of small things, like free fruit and tea, a Kindle, things like that, even if the monetary value of thos products can be quite small.
I know a person who wants to give a physical gift as an inheritance.
On December 1st, some years ago, eMAG gave with all the orders a free flag of Romania.
Some real estate players give a “free” car with an apartment.
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And the list goes on.
It may look like a more impact to say “As a company, we’ve donated X tons of food to people”, rather than say “I gave X amount of money to people”.
On games: StarCraft vs. Good-old chess
Tattoos and courage
I recently read on a web site about a person’s who’s friends were having tattoos, while that person didn’t.
And that person said that he had a bit more creativity, a white canvas (the skin), which left some room to creativity.
And I wondered – why do people have tattoos? One reason would be for aesthetics, but yet another one could be courage.
It might look like a person proves courage by having a tattoo.
But what if there is also courage in not having a tattoo? What if the courage was soft, calm, and relaxing, rather than all-powerful?
What if courage meant you do the right thing, you choose a path to you that gives you flexibility for the future (what will you do with your skin when you’re 10 years older?).
Sure, having a tattoo proves you have courage. But, to me, not having one proves this even more.
Also, there’s this: “Confidence is Silent. Insecurities are Loud!“ “Încrederea în sine e tăcută. Nesiguranța de sine e vocală!” – Blog de Olivian Breda.
“Răul poate să-l facă oricine, cât de nevolnic ar fi. Binele însă e numai pentru sufletele tari şi firile călite. Răul: lapte pentru copii; binele: carne pentru adulţi.” (Nicolae Steinhardt »)
There was once a conversation on TV between Andrei Pleșu and Andrei Gheorghe, and Andrei Pleșu said he doesn’t generally swear because he prefers the liberty of swearing from time to time, but not once every two sentences.
Flight in Hayao Miyazaki’s movies
When you look at the themes of the movies of Hayao Miyazaki, you might notice there’s something missing – the director’s love for flights, air, heights.
I like that a lot about his movies.
I also like the courage that some characters display. When I say “courage”, I don’ mean “complete disregard of fear”, but, much rather, the courage to do the right thing. Sometimes, courage can mean showing humility and just doing a good, positive thing.
“Răul poate să-l facă oricine, cât de nevolnic ar fi. Binele însă e numai pentru sufletele tari şi firile călite. Răul: lapte pentru copii; binele: carne pentru adulţi.” (Nicolae Steinhardt »)