Articles related to : Perception

why classical music is not as popular as some other music genres? Well, many classical venues are packed, but pop music is called so for the reason – it IS most popular.

We come to this world and assume it to be a stable one, with clear binary classification. Then one reads Wittgenstein or something similar and discovered the lies at the foundation of their world view. Then what?

He was unusual in his ways of life and thinking. His strangeness attracted attention, along with his prophetic literary style. Such a style requires an interpretation and, naturally, the reader comes with the interpretation that makes sense to them. The reader becomes a co-author.

A tragedy “helps” to look deeper. It is hard, but strips from stereotypes and preconceived patterns (expectations). Maybe that’s why it was the first theatric form developed by Ancient Greeks. We all experience problems, but very few of us get them as many and as deep as Wittgenstein.

Truth is not the same for all people at all times. Your Truth may look like the Lie in the views of other peoples of different cultures or even different families. Even those who taught you, sometimes change the tune and completely abandon their seemingly firm position.

I think that we need to base our decision on rational considerations most of the time, and the successful execution of the well thought plans can bring a well-deserved solid feel of satisfaction. But we should not be frustrated that life turns out not the way we expected.

They did not have pasta or the Italian wines familiar to us. The wine they drank was white, very sweet, with honey, and a lot of alcohol. Well, they diluted it with water to more palatable taste—still very bad to the modern palate according to those who tasted it.

Renaissance Italy fascinates us, especially since we perceive it as coming from nowhere. Suddenly–from the darkness of Middle Ages–emerges bright and colorful art and productive thoughts. That is how the Italian Renaissance is perceived in popular culture, or used to be perceived, to be precise because that view changes. Historians knew it for quite a […]

We are motivated by our desires, aren’t we? And it seems that our goal is to indulge ourselves. Would you agree? But not all our desires are equal.

“A single question animates this report: Can we ever expect to understand existence? … Surely someday, we can believe, we will grasp the central idea of it…” John Wheeler.