"Is it possible that existence is our exile and nothingness our home?"Emil Cioran In a recent interview on French television, author Velibor Čolić offered the audience his entrancing interpretation of exile as follows: ‘I did not come, I stayed ; exile is more about staying than leaving’. Indeed, we leave as emigrants but we stay … Continue reading On Exile
Tag: philosophy
On Timing
How did you feel when the school year was coming to a close and it was time for the goodbyes and the embraces?
On Fear
“Do the thing you fear and the death of fear is certain.”’Ralph Waldo Emerson Have you ever been paralyzed? Have you ever bailed right before doing something you had longed for and yet, at the very moment you were going to take action, felt so overwhelmed that you could not move forward anymore? I did, … Continue reading On Fear
On Storytelling
“The Universe is made of stories, not of atoms.”Muriel Rukeyser It was on a special Monday morning for me. The sun had not yet risen. The willingness of getting was not quite present. The lack of sleep was heavily discernable. And most of all, the fear and anxiety of attending yet another new yoga class, … Continue reading On Storytelling
On Travel
Traveling is a never-ending soul-searching quest, a quest for the meaning of life.