I’ve often taken notes on a book I’m reading. I’ve slowed down my usual reading speed, trying to understand it as slowly as possible, concentrating on what’s being said, focusing on a few points that are likely to get lost in the detail. Although it’s more intense and tiring, I don’t always read this way. Since I know that we will be creating a discussion environment around the book, I think it would be more convenient to have a tightly woven ball of information. Like I said,

I wanted to take a break from the science fiction novel I was reading and spend some time on social media. After watching a lot of cat and dog videos, I saw an experiment between a teacher and his student. It applied a biology experiment in a simplistic and memorable way. The fact that every student was talking and laughing with enthusiasm made me think that it was a good educational environment. But when I read the comments, they all had a common complaint. Sentences beginni

Commenting and evaluating are important tools that help us to understand and describe what we are experiencing. On a social level, this process allows us to receive feedback and understand other people’s perspectives. On a personal level, interpretation and evaluation are important for building our logical thinking because we instinctively tend to demonstrate our understanding in any way we can. This behaviour helps us to organise our thoughts, clarify our ideas and proces

I ordered books about ten days ago and still haven’t received them, but that’s not the point. It’s about buying books, reading them, buying them, buying them, putting them on the shelf, buying them and buying more. I tried to keep a list of all the books I bought and read between 2015 and 2020 as regularly and periodically as I could, but at some point I lost that discipline. I don’t know exactly what caused this, but I think the availability of dozens of books after a certai

In this article I would like to take you on an inner journey. Put aside the tiredness of the day, take some time for yourself and give yourself a chance to think during (and after) the article. We all know that, no matter who we are, we sometimes have extraordinary thoughts in our daydreams during the day. The suffocation of the day, the work, the worries, the responsibilities are always there, the brain sometimes wants to relax. Funny, far from everyday thoughts or thoughts

For days I have been thinking about what name to use for the subject I am writing about. I honestly never expected to spend so much time thinking about who my inspiration is. Although I am not going to go into what it is to be inspired, I thought it would be good to ask what I am inspired by. We can get long-term or immediate information, tips or lessons from anyone, familiar or not, about the occupations in our lives, and perhaps we can change our mindset completely. To be i

I will now give examples of famous writers from different periods and genres: J.K. Rowling, Charles Darwin, Margaret Atwood, J.R.R. Tolkien, Mary Shelley, Stephen King, Charles Bukowski, John Steinbeck, Maya Angelou, Paulo Coelho, Charles Dickens. You may know some of these names, you may have read the writings of some of them, or you may not like some of them, or maybe you’ve never heard of them. It doesn’t matter. Because the presence of all these names together says a fe

Sometimes, when you are talking about something, you notice that the other person uses a strange word. You know what they are talking about, but at that moment they say the key word in such a different way that you know their intention. They don’t really mean to hurt you. You are watching the news and unfortunately you come across an unpleasant one. There has been an accident and people have died. How should the newsreader present this? Should he say “Two people have died” o

Up to this point in the day, I have been searching for a topic for my current article. When the feeling of being late sets in, it can sometimes be unintentionally overwhelming. Because I know that if I start writing, it will take a couple of hours and I will compromise the discipline I apply to myself. I browse through my notes and the sites in my browser bookmarks and find my themes. Sometimes I find some topics interesting, but I don’t feel like writing about them at that m

Below are two images of artificial intelligence that I have produced. What is the first thought that comes to mind when you look at them? “Knight shoots the laser pistol” (left), “Caveman in his office” (right), images generated by author via Leonardo AI On the left is a medieval knight with a laser pistol. On the right is a caveman who starts the day by cursing Monday and forgetting to take a sip of his coffee. But he has an office with a nice open space, so why is he so ang

Today, the copyright on a novel lasts for the life of the author and for 70 years after the author’s death. Today it is relatively easy to keep track of all this, to act in accordance with the law and to make the necessary decisions. But how did they do it then? What measures did they take and how did they declare their personal property? This topic is actually more interesting than I thought. I got into this subject because of a phrase I saw in a series I had recently watch

As children they ask us “what” we want to be when we grow up. But they never ask “who” we want to be. The priority is always on the basis of the profession, no one cares much about what kind of character we will take on. Or is there something else I have not considered? Do they think this way because they know that our character will change periodically? No, no, they can’t have thought that far ahead. At first I wanted to be an archaeologist. They told me that although my

The origin of the word is Greek, “ poesis ”, meaning making or creating , but its history is even older. From the religious poems inscribed on tablets and papyrus in Sumer and ancient Egypt, to those discussed in ancient Greek philosophy, to the cultural foundations laid in the Middle Ages, to those intertwined with other art forms in the Renaissance, to the various branches and themes of poetry that emerged in subsequent centuries, and finally to what we write and read in mo

A friend of yours talks badly about other people and says he hates them. The funny thing is that you know he is such a person. In fact, your friend is the very people he is complaining about , but he goes on talking without realising it. In situations like this, you either laugh inwardly or, with a sudden outburst, you can’t take it anymore and say whatever you want about his hypocrisy . In the Middle Ages, when there were kingdoms, kings had counsellors. Although these peopl

Years ago, when I was learning Italian, I wanted to force myself to improve my language. During that time, apart from attending a course, I tried to write everything I lived every day. I also started a blog and tried to write before going on a short trip. Although there are times when it helps when you are struggling, there can be situations that put you in a dilemma. With my curiosity and ability in foreign languages, I can feel a bit more vigorous when it comes to them. As

Life holds no greater meaning than what we give it. Even if you haven’t read Homer’s Iliad, you’ve probably heard of Sisyphus. Originally a tyrannical king who incurred the wrath of the gods by killing his visitors, he was condemned to eternally push a boulder up a mountain, only to have it roll back down again. This myth has given rise to the term “Sisyphean”, which has been used in different periods and literary works to describe futile tasks. The apparent aimlessness of hi

Every graphic designer tries to decide which font to use in advance, especially when editing text. Sometimes, however, there are changes depending on the subject matter or style desired. They prefer to take a step back and look at the screen as a whole. In such cases, it is important that all the letters work well together. For this reason, all letters from A to Z,  including numbers and symbols , are examined together in the name of the newly acquired typeface. So much so th

If I have a child one day, I’d like it to be a daughter. All my life I have always felt that would be the case. Maybe that’s what I secretly wanted. With her curly, wavy blonde hair, the smarty-pants little girl runs here and there, spreading joy. Laughing and smiling at the same time, she continues to grow up without realising it. The excitement of school, her first love, physical and emotional changes, the effort to differentiate herself from the feeling of not belonging to

The word ideal involves thought and speaks of what is conceived as perfect and exists only in the idea. That is why idealistic people always have ideas, but often fail to realise them properly. This is because life and, on a smaller scale , the local environment do not always allow it. After all, existence is not only valid for a living being;  it is chaotic and involves randomness. In a Latin story written as early as 1516 , Thomas More  wrote about an imaginary island of le

We have all wondered about the beginning. While science has guided us to a certain point in our educational lives, the formation of the sublime cycle that we cannot visualise or even imagine , and the process of its continuation into our lifetimes, has had a jaw-dropping effect. So how did it all happen?  A wonderful resource awaits the curious. Stories are alike, they have no other choice . But there are some stories that like to tell it from the beginning. I mean from the v