Arrival – Accepting an Alien Gift, Learning from Experience
Linguist Louise Banks (Amy Adams) in the film Arrival asks the question, “If you could see your whole life laid out in front of you, would you change things?”
Humankind
Music – Harmony from Apollo to Palladio & Mozart to Jenkins
Music based on philosophies and principles established by legends of Apollo and the ancient Greeks comes to us via Vitruvius and Palladio from Mozart to Jenkins
Protecting the Tarkine Wilderness in Tasmania – A No Brainer
Tony Burke” a letter from GetUp said “has just announced he’s backing down from protecting Tasmania’s Tarkine wilderness”… Australians all need to protest NOW
Artisans and Artists during the Renaissance Golden Age
During the rebirth of humanism in Italy from the 4th to the 14th centuries patrons began recognizing that artisans were also creative thinkers and inventors
The Child – Nature vs Nurture an Epic Struggle for Supremacy
Do people react more to ways they are taught or according to genetic predisposition – what is the importance of conditioning and thought on human development?
The Social Brain Project – An Initiative of the RSA @ London
The RSA at London’s ‘Social Brain Centre’ seeks to support personal development and wellbeing, inform social and educational practice and to improve financial and environmental behaviour.
Travelling north in eventful times, nature vs natural beauty
As I write this Cyclone Yasi a category five cyclone is about to cross onto the land in the north of Queensland. It is important never to forget just how out of our control nature is and how important it is for humankind to remain connected with it…