Portraits of the overman: Paisiy of Hilendar
This week’s Portraits of the overman column is dedicated to the monk who told the history of Bulgarians.
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Is happiness temporary or permanent?
Happiness is both temporary and permanent and each of these types of happiness has its own purpose and meaning.
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Pain that reaches the bottom
Emotional pain is among the greatest gifts of humans and one of the abilities which makes them perfect. Only what’s living, real, and loving can suffer. Pain is a dark flower which blossoms from one’s depths and eternal rain which conceals the clearest sunrise.
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Slay Cinema: The Thing (2011) — A Successful Sequel to the Original Film
The Thing effectively continues the themes from the first film. The sense of paranoia and distrust remains, and while it doesn’t reach the depth of the original, the 2011 story works well – not as a film that claims to be on par with the first, but rather as a complement to it and an expansion of its universe.
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Why am I worried and why I overthink everything?
Overthinking always comes from anxiety and the desire for control. It generally falls into four categories, each of which harms us in a different way.
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