An English Journey

Beliefs, thoughts, words and silence. I would tell a downright lie if I denied that I often rack my brains . Today is not an exception. I do have beliefs. For example, I do believe in mankind. I really do.  Yesterday, I was criticised by a reader on account of my last blog  post . Criticism can be defined as the expression of disapproval of someone or something on the basis of perceived faults or mistakes. The perceptions expressed in the message can be summed up as follow: I am deeply ignorant and condescending and my writing is grandiloquent . But it turns out that it is not strictly true . I am utterly ignorant about almost everything but saying that the rise of atheism resulted in " dictatorships , hunger and genocide " shows a deep flaw in the mind of this reader. New York 9/11, Madrid 14M, London 7/7. Terrorism, politics, fundamentalism and religion. The link is obvious to me. Luckily, people need to believe in something and I believe in people. Am ...

I love people capable of enjoying and appreciating every moment to the full . There exists a food-related word that goes perfectly well with the act of lingering enjoyment: savour .  This afternoon I was savouring the embrace of a cosy wing chair when I started asking myself about the definition of thought . After a refreshing siesta, I’m back in front of the computer, determined to type in something aesthetically attractive about thinking and thoughts, brains and minds. Obviously, thought is the act of thinking. To us, human beings, the brain seems to be the closest thing to a magic wand that almost every single creature has. As always, there are exceptions that prove the rule , though. Deep-sea sponges, for example, are devoid of brain and have lived for millions of years successfully. Some scientists now accept as true that they once had a brain but discarded it. Apparently, there are not the only animals without the organ controlling thought, memory, feelings, e...