This week I first came across a biological weapon named “Wuhan-400” in Dean Koontz’s novel “The Eyes of Darkness”. I doubt anyone had the notion that the famous thriller author was “predicting” a real-world outbreak of COVID-19, coronavirus disease. But accepting the fact of today’s reality, after such an outbreak had occurred, I’d like to …
And the people stayed home. And read books, and listened, and rested, and exercised, and made art, and played games, and learned new ways of being. And listened more deeply. Some meditated, some prayed, some danced. Some met their shadows. And the people began to think differently. And the people healed. And, in the absence …
Some sensations about the protecting our mental health during the corona outbreak Read More »
Last week throughout our Talent Fair event I learned how to sew my little Drawstring Bag. Together with the host of this workshop – Lucija, we called this baggy “for 2 lemons”. You can see this cuttie creature from the photo. But it’s really simple and with this post I just want to encourage you …
In our community and surroundings, there are probably several things that, coming from our own perspective, could have been better. Depending on the place we are coming from, it could for example be a lack of awareness about environmental issues, social injustice, exclusion of minorities, gender inequality, a big financial gap between rich and poor …
On the 23rd of February I visited the most fantastic event I have ever seen in my life – Sunday’s International Carnival Parade in Rijeka. Nowhere in the world I was able to experience such a distinctive blend of a European civil carnival based on historical and cultural customs and elements of folklore and mythology. The …
Last week I was interviewing the Crosol NGO (Croatian Platform for International Citizen Solidarity). Through the talk I realized how it’s important to learn from the experiences in education, or how education creates social solidarity. Somehow through our conversation I spread the significanse of the formal methods in education because what education does is by …
One of the most important concepts I’ve learned throughout this week is the difference between the “fixed” mindset and the “growth” mindset. In a fixed mindset, individuals believe they are either born with talent or they’re not. They’re either naturally good at something, or they’re not. They view intelligence as a fixed trait. Individuals with a growth mindset …
This week the Invisible Zagreb free walking tour drew my attention. It was led by former homeless person – Mile Mrvalj. With a new and unconventional approach people got informed about contributions in tackling the problems around the city of Zagreb through different eyes. I thank for meeting such a fighter as Mile, because he …
Learning a foreign language was not only a linguistic adventure for me. Whichever language you choose, climbing the ladder of proficiency unfolds in almost the same way. Everything is great while you dabble at the beginners’ level and the words have their exact equivalents in both languages. Grammar, phrasality, pronunciation…master it and you can actually …
Croatian mentality: how to get things done the Croatian way Read More »
☼Each person in my life is very important as to why I am the person I am today. They all have different characteristics of inspiration that they have given me as well. My first thoughts of my family are always why they mean so much to me. Here are the reasons each person has given …