Category archives: Art & Culture

Gazing into the unknown

28. August 2015
Art & Culture, Lifestyle & More
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Wanderer above the Sea of Fog (German: Der Wanderer über dem Nebelmeer) is one of the most popular oil paintings by German Romantic artist Caspar David Friedrichs. It was done in his trademark painting style, which shows a figure silhouetted against a backdrop from behind. In this painting, a man...

Odyssee - 10 years of wandering

27. August 2015
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I bet you know the feeling of having to wait forever for the night bus, only to then board the wrong train and ending up on the wrong side of the city. It’s when a simple journey home transforms into an odyssey. However, that’s nothing compared to the original story...

Lovecraft’s disgusting parallel worlds

26. August 2015
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"That is not dead which can eternal lie, And with strange aeons even death may die." These are the words that Howard Phillips Lovecraft, one of the most important horror authors of the 20th century, set down in his version of the myth of Cthulhu. During his lifetime, he was a marginally successful...

Monsters of the deep

25. August 2015
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The ocean is a place that's dark, creepy and unexplored. However, compared to the gigantic monstrosities that roamed its depth millions of years ago, today's deep-sea marine creatures seem relatively harmless. An adult man would have been but a mere snack to the monsters of old. Here is a short...

Luncheon on the grass

31. July 2015
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In 1865, French painter Claude Monet began work on a painting, known as Luncheon on the grass, which later went down in art history. It was initially intended as a response to Édouard Manet's eponymous painting, which had been published two years prior. As opposed to Manet, Monet tried to create a...

Van Gogh and the colour yellow

14. July 2015
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If there's one thing you could say about Vincent van Gogh with great certainty, it's that he was not a happy man. During his life, the lack of recognition and the overwhelming loneliness took a huge toll on him, culminating in the great artist's suicide. His famous last words will hit you...

A Gentleman's Guide

13. July 2015
Art & Culture, Lifestyle & More, Other Stories
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Need a few tips on how to behave like a real man? Being a gentleman isn’t easy at all, but trust me - it’s the only way to live. The decisions you make must be sincere; you must be elegant and eloquent without having the ulterior motive of impressing someone. All...

The little shepherds of the Forest

7. July 2015
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Forests serve as the lungs of the Earth and are an incomparable cosmos. Their complex biosphere is packed to the brim with versatility and biodiversity, and all of the flora and fauna have their own unique contributions to make to the forest. On that note, did you know that squirrels...

Humans of New York: An Mammoth Project Like N...

6. July 2015
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Photographer Brandon started his project shortly after he lost his job. He wanted to photographically portray the tremendously differing characters of New Yorkers, so that he could show the entire world the varying cosmos of New York. Often, a short quote from the person is showcased alongside their picture. According to...

A Summer with Flaubert

30. June 2015
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“Many think country life is romantic, but they're wrong. You've got to be very strong if you don’t want to turn blue.” Director: Anne Fontaine This film is a reinterpretation of Gustave Flaubert's masterpiece, “Madame Bovary”. Dreamy baker Martin Joubert, who has a great passion for books, can't quite believe his ears when...

Depersonalisation - The Life of a "Windman"

21. June 2015
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As French-speaking Swiss philosopher and author Henri-Frédéric Amiel once wrote in his journal: “I find myself regarding existence as though from beyond the tomb, from another world; all is strange to me; I am, as it were, outside my own body and individuality; I am depersonalized, detached, cut adrift. Is this madness?” This...
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