Monthly Archives: June 2013

“The play’s the thing.”–William Shakespeare, Hamlet So much of what people do is play right from an early age. A toddler likes to be swung in the arms of a father. Those early trips to the playground. The fascination with … Continue reading →

Smartphones, tablets, and laptops–a neverending black hole into which the hoi-polloi regularly pours money into. The planned obsolescence and the mass’s common denominator desires to own the absolutely latest gadgets, pointed out by Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman in … Continue reading →

Average no.of times smartphone-users check their phones per day.

“When that I was and a little tiny boy, With hey, ho, the wind and the rain, A foolish thing was but a toy, For the rain it raineth every day.” –William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night “Long as I remember the … Continue reading →

and long run, the very best had been the sharing-exchange of our gifts of self to one another with the people closest to us in our lives.

“I fear the day technology will surpass our human interaction. The world will have a generation of idiots.” Perspective: The proper study of mankind is books.–Aldous Huxley, Crome Yellow Recommended reading:                                                                                                 The Gutenberg Elegies by Sven Birkerts  

“I think I know why the dog howls at the moon.”–Johnny Clegg, “Dela”

Happiness is in the imagination. What we perform, is always inferior to what we imagine.–Cyril Connolly, The Unquiet Grave You can do anything in this world if you are prepared to take the consequences.–W. Somerset Maugham, The Circle Art attempts … Continue reading →

-Henry David Thoreau “The Soul selects her own Society– Then–shuts the Door–” -Emily Dickinson

“Most women would rather have someone whisper their name at optimum moments than rocket to the moon.”–Merle Shain, Some Men Are More Perfect Than Others “I touch the future. I teach.”–Christa McAuliffe, Aug. 1985 speech “I have everything I need, … Continue reading →