The “purity” of science
In a world of countless challenges and issues regarding the environment, diseases, life in space and the future of humans in general, every scientist dreams of finding that which will change the world, of receiving the Nobel Prize for the greatest invention that will go down in history, that will change what we hitherto know. […]
Solo travelling: me, myself and I…
As the saying goes (or at least went), “You can have fun anywhere with some good company!” This is not the case of solo travelling, though, a new tendency that proves we can have fun on our own and creates a first-class opportunity to get to know ourselves better through our travels. Solo travelling […]
About Self-love
“I love you there’s nothing else to say but the deepest and the biggest of feelings”, this is what Mirtiotissa wrote and honored love. “I love you” Maria Kontou would sing before the view of black and white Plaka to her Antonakis, in the classic Greek movie “Let the wife fear her husband”. The journey […]
The power of new experiences
Imagine a world where everything was predetermined. Every day you would wake up in the same place, you would drink the same coffee, you would talk with the same people. Of course, you would be free from unpleasant surprises and you would not ever wonder again what the future holds for you. But, what would […]
Local “hosts*” and foreign “invaiders”
We are talking about a society, Greek and not, where the “foreign” element has penetrated everywhere. So much so, that we are now talking about something united. Cultures, languages, people and habits are starting to become one under the same roof, they have the same right to develop and maintain themselves in this common environment, […]
Nutcrackers of the soul
Will anyone remember our name, the exquisite moons of our lives, our passions, our sorrows, our sufferings, have we ever been in our dreams? Transparent Lily (a music band) How many times have we wondered if we were worthy of one’s expectations? How many times have we weighed our existence, using as counterweight findings […]
To those we owe a Thank you to
Thank you is so hard to say, yet so necessary in human relations as Sorry, and I love you. Sometimes it’s so hard for us to thank somebody for their offering, for their support, for their general contribution in our lives, much more emotionally than practically. When discussing the concept of help, we can […]
Working as a Hobby
What would it sound like if someone told you to leave your job and occupy yourself with something that is made entirely by you? If whatever you did was not standardized based on rules and the required certifications but based on your own inspiration and passion? Definitely strange. Nevertheless, we could in no case exclude […]
The choice in change
There is a day when we wake up in the morning and we wonder: Again the same routine? Again the same associations which don’t fulfill us anymore? Again to the same work which doesn’t allow us to evolve? This is the morning when it seems difficult to get up, when you don’t have anything […]
TED Project Countdown: When climate change knocks on your door.
The flaming Amazon and bleeding Australia as well as the numerous small weather phenomena which afflicted countries of Asia, Africa and the other continents, are few of the examples that were broadcasted worldwide as evidence that climate change is not a problem of the future which we will have to face, but has already knocked […]