The Clothes Make The Man
Posted by Ruda in Society, Unrelated Musings on 13. Nov, 2009 | No Comments
What we wear on the outside, what we decorate our bodies with, inevitably causes assumptions to be made by others about who we are. What started with a necessity to protect ourselves from the elements has evolved into an art form. From what I have been able to observe around me, [...]
Out of Sight, Out of Mind
Posted by Ruda in Society, Unrelated Musings on 07. Nov, 2009 | 3 Comments
Is the value of a cute and familiar animal greater than that of an unfamiliar animal? I’m defining familiar in terms of closeness to humans. Of course this varies across cultures as well. Eating a dog or cat would seem unthinkable to most people in the United States, but it is [...]
Liking while Disliking
Posted by Ruda in Emotions on 31. Oct, 2009 | 2 Comments
It seems an especially difficult thing to love everyone, as some people might. In my understanding of love, there would be no desire to change the thing that you love if you truly loved for what it was. So if one were to love everyone, the problem I’m about to describe wouldn’t apply. [...]
Cultural Variance
Posted by Ruda in Society, Unrelated Musings on 26. Sep, 2009 | No Comments
It’s really surprising how much you can notice around you when you come out of yourself. If you can leave the thoughts about your own life and day-to-day chores, your mind is able to soak up and give new meaning to so many things that you might have missed before.
I’ve been visiting India almost every [...]
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