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Sunday
Yesterday I decided to repaint one of the sides of my wall cool-toned dark grey with a hint of blue. It used to be a deep muted red-purple. I was so fed up with the color I decided to repaint it to make everything more monochromatic. Then, I questioned my decision making process back in the days when I came up with the idea to paint my room with two very different colors with a different hue. Glad the rest of the wall was light grey.
Sophisticated, minimal, clean, moderate. Grey is a mixture of white and black, yin and yang, a default representation of the good and the bad, the saint and the sinner. It blends well with most colors, even the vibrant ones. Additionally, It doesn’t take up so much of your spaces thanks to the clean and minimal ambience it gives.
Monday
Beginning the week by reading Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow by Yuval Noah Harari, marking off the first and the second part of the book. An interesting yet terrifying read of one in a million possibilities of the future of tomorrow. The predecessor, Sapiens; A Brief History of Humankind is obviously what makes me read this one. I can say that Yuval is a good story teller and a passionate lecturer in his domain of knowledge. These series are a good start in understanding history lessons focusing in mankind and the development of its civilizations for dummies. A lot of philosophical topics concerning modern human motives and desires, minds and consciousness, altruism, and religions/beliefs are discussed part by part in this book. Will update soon once I am finished!
n.b.: the second part inspires me to read further on Buddhism!
Tuesday
O bella ciao bella ciao bella ciao ciao ciao! We are resistance! Resisting with the comrades of city names with faces of Dali. One funny thing that I found out a friend of mine has a dean named Nairobi.
Wednesday
Carpe Diem? seize the fucking day! gather ye rosebuds while ye may. Carpe diem is a latin phrase to urge a person to make the most out of the present, or a cliché justification for some to act stupid and reckless, I would say. Dead Poets Society reminds me of this phrase, well of course because there was an explicit line of Mr. Keating referring this phrase at one of his courses to his freshman year boys at the Vermont Boarding School Welton Academy. This movie was set in 1959 at a private elite conservative college preparation school with its four pillars — tradition, honor, discipline, excellence — . It potrayed conservative american parents’ dream of their children perfectly, — and perhaps many asian parents now. To behave well (conformed to values and norms), to perform best at academics, to go to best schools (The Ivy League), to become men of nobility at respected professions with high income salaries and excel in them.
The spotlight of this movie was undoubtedly Mr. Keating, despite the fact that those boys were extremely attractive, too! He was a progressive english literature teacher at the academy. He urged the students to break the wave and challenge the status quo. Carpe diem, he said, seize the fucking day! Get the most out of the present and start to think for ye self, to have your very own voices and desires led your way. Gather ye rosebuds while ye may.
