A small note inspired by Beaudelaire and The Doors Photo by Dima Pechurin on Unsplash There is no simple way out. It is not that the doors are locked, it is just that there are so many of them. They all look alike. Many lead nowhere. Most lead to other doors. And we get tired of doors. They... Continue Reading →
Décidément, je n’écris plus qu’à trente-mille pieds d’altitude. J’avais bien tenté de lire un peu, mais la démangeaison d’écrire aura eu raison de ce brave compagnon de voyage vers la page trente. Ce n’est que partie remise, tu seras plus qu’un compagnon dans la solitude des nuits d’hôtel. Un confident. Tiens, nous referons peut-être le... Continue Reading →
Or why life might underpin the existence of a universe Photo by Greg Rakozy on Unsplash Dear reader. Dear life. Imagine if the universe was the result of a random event. Imagine if it was empty of life. No consciousness creating it, no consciousness to experience it through senses or thoughts. No God, no humans, to be... Continue Reading →
This is all it takes to make a difference Photo by Capricorn song on Unsplash This is all it takes to get to Disneyland Paris by public transportation, from the center of Paris. Five euros. The price of five baguettes, the local bread around here, enough to shelter a family from hunger for another day or two. The... Continue Reading →
And a moral dilemma in that little brain of mine Photo by Alejandro Garay on Unsplash So I wake up on lottery day, with a weird idea wandering in my sleepy mind, as if speaking to me. “Say you win the lottery today, would you give it all up, all the 154,000,000.00 euros, for no reason whatsoever?”... Continue Reading →
But are they? Photo by John Bakator on Unsplash We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness Unalienable right N°1 Life. Self-evident. Seriously? How can the right to life be regarded... Continue Reading →
Your choices are as good as what you make of them Photo by William Krause on Unsplash The non-choices First, let me set things straight with the title: some choices are obviously wrong. You can tell right away. You would be ashamed to even consider them. In this sense, they are not exactly choices. Some others are a... Continue Reading →
Hidden as the destination may be, your inner compass is constantly pointing to it Photo by Cherise Evertz on Unsplash The inner compass North. South. East. West. Uptown. Downtown. Left. Right. Center. Liberal. Conservative. Socialist. Republican. Democrat. It seems however you do not belong to any of the above. Your path is not solely defined by your belonging... Continue Reading →
Or how the lamest events can trigger the brightest ideas, or the lack thereof Photo by Juan C. Palacios on Pexels.com An apple once decided it was time for it to wander free from the branch holding it to an old apple tree in a garden somewhere in Kensington. Some lads walking by were witnesses... Continue Reading →
And the reason why no one has thought of it before Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com How about a naïve but (hopefully) potent idea to shed some hope in the jungle which the corporate world has become today? What if a major corporation pledged to give up half of its profits to charity in the... Continue Reading →
The Idea Sounding Board 