“…and then, I have nature and art and poetry, and if that is not enough, what is enough?”
Cosmology - Why the world needs Brian Cox
Exercise is hard?
People are told constantly that exercise is tough, exercise is tricky, exercise is hard and somehow for doing it you are putting yourself through an abnormal strain. Motivation on gym posters is all presented as 'feel the burn', 'embrace the pain' and other irritating catch phrases. The thing is, whilst this is all well and good if you are a masochist, in fact most people don't like pain and therefore you're immediately put into a negative mindset. Adverts on tv show grimacing faces, internet sidebar ads have puffing and panting people looking like they're attempting to squeeze a watermelon out of their most private orifice.
Stars - for Stephen
A star is an incredible thing. Tiny pinpricks of light which speckle the night sky, humanity has perpetually been fascinated by them. Holes in the firmament, permanent affixations to the celestial sphere, guiding beacons for lost travellers, nuclear power-stations of colossal scale, the twinkle in a lovers eye after a particularly bad pun; history is alive with descriptions of them given by scholars and simpletons alike from all walks of life.
The Beauty of The Flower, or the perceived separation of Science and Creativity
I was listening to a song the other day (thank you Spotify Discover Weekly) called 'Red' by Phoria. It's a nice piece, floating ambient piano coupled to a clapped beat and slightly breathy singer, it's a good song to listen to when you're thinking about other things. Halfway through the song though, blooming from the gentle wailing vocals comes a deep, soothing voice.
"..The beauty that he sees is available to other people and to me, too.."
Why Brexit will be a good thing (just not for me)
Pitchforks down, I know I know, how dare I, a left leaning blogger, even imply that Brexit will actually be a positive move. Surely this populist, exclusionist, isolationist decision can only be a colossal catastrophe for both the Nation and the World. Well I am many things but most of all I am an optimist, and here I have found the silver lining, and in doing so I can confirm that this is not a catastrophe at all, rather this is potentially the forward step that the World needs. Notice I said World there, the Nation, unfortunately, is very much not included in this step.
