Astăzi am primit veste de la British Council:
Vă invităm, în data de 21 ianuarie 2011, ora 18,00, la deschiderea expoziției cu fotografiile câştigătoare din cadrul concursului Photography Challenge din 27 noiembrie 2010.
Fotografiile vor fi expuse în sediul British Council din Cluj-Napoca, str. Arany Janos, nr. 11.
Concurenții vor avea ocazia de a discuta, într-un cadru informal, cu prof. univ. dr. Dorel Găină şi prof. univ. dr. Feleki Karoly, membri ai juriului.
Vă aşteptăm!
Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan in an interview about their book: “Shadows Of Forgotten Ancestors“, at the end of the interview are asked regarding their religious belief and they answer:
Carl Sagan “I’m an independent in religion as in politics. I am a searcher, but I have high standards of evidence.”
Ann Druyan “This is my idea of what the highest form of piety is:
In a universe as vast as ours, as ancient as ours, with beings as young and foolish and ignorant as we are, to say that we know what God is or how this universe came to be, is a form of arrogance which I do not subscribe to.”
The interview can be seen here: Part 1 | Part 2 .
Because I did not know about her, I looked up for more videos with Ann Druyan and found a jolly:
Ann Druyan – A Plead for a Change in the Marijuana Laws.
Looking for some more reference to their book, I found the magicians debunk-er James Randi Speaking about Carl Sagan. While I was at it, Mr. Randi has a charismatic way of speaking his opinions about interesting – important matters, so I found him also: Questioning the Bible, and asking “Why Do We Still Believe?“
Uneori e foarte deprimant să te gândeşti la România.
Mă uitam la câteva secvențe din interviul cu Adrian Sobaru şi m-am întrebat cum este văzut aceast fapt în-afară, cum este văzută România prin prisma acestui fapt. M-am oprit asupra unui articol in NewYork Post.
Articolul se termina astfel:
“The first line was a reference to President Traian Basescu, who upon winning the presidential race in 2009 said “I’ve pierced them,” using a well-known line from a Romanian movie.
As emergency medical workers took him out on a stretcher, Sobaru shouted “Freedom!” , echoing cries of the 1989 fall of communism in which more than 1,300 people died. Romanians are commemorating the 21st anniversary of the uprising in which authorities shot unarmed protesters.”
Un comentariu zice:
“Obviously, no Post reader understands anything about Romania. There was no “revolution”–the corrupt commies got rid of the dictator and continued with business as usual. They export food and let their own people starve. Little has changed. I wish Americans were as passionate as this guy, but they just bend over for the rich and the criminals–usually one in the same.”
Last episode I mentioned extremes and, ironically, this title could head you on a slippery path into one of these extremes, the one where – if you take too much time – you could end up loosing time – chances.
It’s true, you can slip on the path where you think it takes the time that it takes, but for some people – me included, it’s a path worth considering. I do am aware or try to keep awareness of the slipperiness of it, actually I’ll detail a little later in some episodes about/around extremes. This gives me the occasion to announce the next episodes:
– Forget Me Nots Ep. 5 ~ Find & mind the extremes!
– Forget Me Nots Ep. 6 ~ Begin! Be there!
– Forget Me Nots Ep. 7 ~ Finish what you started!
But back to taking our time. Sometimes, some people seem to be doing things just to get over with them. This attitude sometimes comes after loosing enthusiasm or when enthusiasm is suddenly for something else and thus your head is drifting from initial incentives, often resulting in pour results.
Sometimes we get to some tasks in life, be them professional or not – but I suppose they are mostly professional, which we just want to get over with, fast. Something without enthusiastic incentives can easily be seen of no importance, and I can relate to that at least to some extent, unfortunately.
But mind you that you are never the less responsible for it, it too will be your recommendation, the reflection of your abilities, a part of your evolution, it will be regarded as one of your approved – finished.. whatever it is. So don’t hurry too much on whatever you loose enthusiasm or have no enthusiasm for but are doing nevertheless.
But even with enthusiasm, because of the enthusiasm, in the excitement and an fast rhythm, the thrill of it can distract from paying attention to details, and sometimes important such details can make the difference between a winner or a deal-beaker. I guess this could happen as a distraction by overexcitement, or over-confidence. I’d recommend patience, take the time, consider context, momentum, in order to understand and make the most of the great potential that lays in the details.
We can realize and exercise more patience and awareness for details, and acknowledge an ease in which enthusiasm or the lack of it can make us impulsive.