We are born alone and we die alone. That's a line often used by people whose entire personality is based on the Wikipedia entry for 'nihilism' and liking the band you've definitely never heard of whose associations with Neo-Nazism are ironic, obviously. But the fact is...
The human mind is capable of incredible things. And since, during this insanity-tickling isolation, we have lost the ability to discern what is credible and what is not credible to an even greater degree than before, that capability is really flourishing. Who would have thought that...
What constitutes a functioning personality is impossible to pinpoint. It's different for most people. For some it's a carefully honed talent, for others it's pure contrarianism, for others it's hats and for yet others, it's an aggressive disdain for hats. But there's one thing we all...
It's getting more and more difficult to maintain a sense of reality. In seems an extended period of quarantine involving complete lack of external stimulation somehow leads to insecurities you thought you'd buried since puberty being constantly brought up by the increasingly aggressive voice in your...
Step outside of yourself inside. 10) At Home With the Auditorium: Ensemble Español Spanish Dance Theatre 13th April What: This livestream, presented by the Auditorium Theatre (a landmark venue in Chicago) features dancers from Ensemble Español performing the company’s work from their own homes. This is part of the Auditorium's...
Let us rattle your cage. 10) Wi-FEST 12th April What: Kicking-off on Sunday, LIVIT, a curated live streaming mobile app where entertainers, performers, artists, influencers, and rising stars broadcast their own live shows, will be hosting an exclusive, live streamed indie performance series with proceeds going to the WHO and...
An idle mind is the devil's playground. In other words, the perfect mental state. Playgrounds are a font of childlike optimism and opportunity and the devil's only vice was the pursuance of knowledge. Unfortunately, we no longer have the opportunity for an idle mind because every other...
COVID-19 makes for strange bedfellows. In quarantine, previously unknown aspects of the people with whom you share a space and perhaps blood can emerge as a result of lack of external stimuli and under a harsher light than usual, because you're dealing with your own aching,...
These are exceptional times and exceptions must be made. We are all trapped inside, largely unused to such extended periods of our own company or, indeed, the company of those we live with. This kind of scenario can bring out the worst in people and it's important...
Self-actualisation is a poisonous concept. And you can see how truly insidious the worded notion of addressing one's true potential is by how many American self-help books and cults and combinations of the two use it often in their weird passive-aggressive parlance. It may seem like...