May 22, 2013

Cinderella’s Calluses

Doesn't she look terrified? And that prince... Horror.

  “The prince knew at once, looking at her hands, she was no stranger to any household chore.” Every story about a poor but hardworking girl who ends up marrying a prince, getting a great fortune, or both, has this line. At least in Romanian. Little girls imagine those hands are translucent, and the prince [...]

Somewhere to Go

  As long as there’s ground, you have lots of places to walk to. As long as there’s water, you have lots of places to sail to. As long as there’s air, you have lots of places to fly to. There is a multitude of places that can define “somewhere” – so, if you absolutely [...]

Powerful Voices Grow in Silence

Image source: morgueFile.com. Photo by mantasmagorical.

Speak! Assert yourself! Let your voice be heard! So you talk. And talk. And talk… In a world of constant murmur, in a sea of noise, why would you want to talk more? Why add to what is already a surplus? Some think that speaking is the trademark of those who matter in society. Whoever [...]

Fear Less, Fly More

Eagle

Since you were little, you had fear sown deep inside your heart. Those seeds grew into a narrow cage for the heart, controlling its beats, your blood flow, especially to the brain. So, you split into heart and mind, you survive in-between standard limits, have just about the right amount of blood to function at [...]