Marrakech: architecture and culture of the Red city
The first time I came to Marrakech I thought that it confused centuries. At dawn of the second millennium the souks in the old medina showed no trace of technology, […]
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Slow Food: Via Italia and its passionate mission to rejuvenate our food culture
Slow Food emerged in the 1980s Italy as a movement that cast an awareness and put a break on the uncontrolled expansion of the originally American fast food chains in […]
BREAKFAST: on breaking the fast in history, culture, fads and manipulation of the the first meal
Breakfast, while being lauded as a necessity is still twisted in the malice of consumer manipulation. As with transient diet regimes, the first meal of the day gave in to […]
Shinichiro Ogata: Japanese design culture of SIMPLICITY and SABOE Japanese tea
I interviewed Shinichiro Ogata, Japanese designer, creative director and founder of SIMPLICITY and SABOE tea experience on the theme of Japanese contemporary culture & tea’s place in it. Shinichiro Ogata, the […]
Silvacane Abbey: one of the three Cisterian treasures in Provence invites culture in
I reached the Silvacane Abbey on the spur of aesthetic and spiritual curiosity. After being intrigued by the island monks habitat on an island in the Mediterranean this summer, I craved […]
How is digital culture changing us? Digital, analog and our own perception of life are radically different
Digital, analog and our own perception of life are radically different. Our engagement with life, the intensity of experience changes according to the tools we use. The eyes, ears and […]
Inner Calm: Learning the Art of Chinese Calligraphy with a Master in Beijing
Learning the art of Chinese calligraphy with a master of the craft was on my wish list for a few years. I only wanted to study with someone truly eager […]
Musing on EQUALITY: it dwells in and outside our institutions
David Foster Wallace: ”Truth will set you free, but not until it’s done with you first.” Awareness is the first step in letting any positive change to drop its seed […]
OGATA Paris: Japanese house of tea and omotenashi designed for contemporary taste
La maison OGATA Paris is the epitome of wabi rusticity where perfect simple lines of beauty merge with the old spirit of the Marais artistic zeal. There is nothing of […]
Post-truth: the quality of being true in the fake news and self-PR era
In this overstimulating information age of social media and fake news the danger of unchecked ignorance looms over our wellbeing. Now that we get all the truth about the world […]