Author: Daniela

  • New Syrian Poetry Relies on Literal Images

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    Reposted from Melville House website: New Syrian poetry emerging amid violence by Nick Davies With the news in Syria centered around the chemical attacks andPresident Obama’s plan for military intervention, Leigh Cuen reported this week forAl Jazeera about another, perhaps unexpected, result of the ongoing civil war in the Middle Eastern country: an invigorated poetry scene unlike anything Syria has…

  • Voyager Enters Interstellar Space

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    PBS NEWSHOUR EXTRA passes along NASA’s announcement that the Voyager 1 spacecraft has reached interstellar space. The scientists working on the Voyager 1 mission say the spacecraft entered interstellar space on or around August 25, 2012. They estimate that Voyager 1 is 11 billion miles from Earth, which puts it beyond all of the planets…

  • Sex and Spirituality

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    The Times of India, delves into the attitude toward sex and spirituality in many Indian traditions.  I post this on the heels of the Catholic Pope finally acknowledging that celibacy in the Catholic Church is only a tradition, not dogma.  I’ve long held, as does this article, that celibacy is against man’s natural instinct and…

  • Day at Night: Ray Bradbury

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  • Through the arch of Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque

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    Originally posted on Joshi Daniel Photography: Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque | Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

  • Fascinating “Facts”: Stanton Drew, folklore magnet

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    Originally posted on The Heritage Journal: When it comes to folklore memes at ancient sites, there are several stories which occur again and again around the country. But at most sites, these stories are singular. Stanton Drew in Somerset is a little bit different. A complex of features, known collectively as ‘The Weddings’ including the…

  • Real Beauty Stays With You

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    Originally posted on The Dish: Philosopher Kwame Anthony Appiah draws a distinction between the “pretty” and the “beautiful”: I think Kant was right in that beauty is a word that belongs to sensation. It has to strike the senses, whether it’s the ear or the eye. And I think he was right in that it’s…

  • Photo of the Day

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    Mumbai born, Brooklyn based photographer Manjari Sharma is on a mission to create contemporary photographs of ancient spiritual figures. The complex and colorful visual stylings, normally rendered from the depths of mythology and the imagination, take unprecedented physical shape before Sharma’s camera lens. Her photographs, composed from scratch, measure at a whopping six feet high, their grand…

  • Meteorites May be Responsible for Life on Earth

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    The Pentagon Post features an article by Ike Miller that delves into a fascinating hypothesis of how meteorites may have been responsible for life on earth: Scientists were surprised to find that a meteorite that landed in California in 2012 contained all the essential ingredients necessary for the evolution of life. The Meteorite that exploded…

  • Stop Nestlé from Stealing

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    Nestlé is taking 265 million liters of fresh Canadian water every year to bottle and sell off around the world — and it does not pay a penny. At a time when water is in short supply around the world, it is outrageous that Nestlé can draw limitless amounts of our natural resources to sell…