Awil-um means man in the Sumero-Akkadian language, one of the first languages spoken by mankind. I chose this word because it marks (symbolically) the beginning of man as a conscience being. The purpose of this site is to talk about what makes humans human. We need to find our purpose and for that we need to be aware of our evolution, our potential, and our weaknesses
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Although it remained at the design level, the Songjiang Hotel is still an impressive idea. The Atkins design studio won an international competition for a hotel resort that is to be situated in a 100 meter deep quarry near Shanghai. I love the way the team coordinated by Martin Jochman integrated...
War is never a good thing even if there are certain individuals that see in war some positive aspects. Those who think in this way know war only through video games or through their twisted imagination. There is no glory in counting the lives you took or in bringing destruction.
The Iraq-Iran...
Image depicting Muhammad, notice
his face is blanked out and
the fire around his head.Persian verbs are of two types, simple and compound. Simple verbs are like رفتن , to go (infinitive). Compound verbs are usually composed out of two words, we will talk about them in the next lesson, but...
"Invidia" by Hieronymus Bosch
from "The Seven Deadly Sins
and the Four Last Things".In the name of God, the compassionate, the merciful. In the first article of this series we talked about arrogance, in my opinion understood as either a wrong understanding of one's capabilities together with an...
Somewhere in the middle (slightly to the west) of Turkmenistan there is a hole. What gave this hole such a tourist magnet name is not the size, although at 60 meters in diameter is no pothole, but an engineering accident. Also, in close vicinity is a small village called Derweze, which means "the...
I am definitely not an admirer of Minimalism, the artistic movement in the 20th century, but it is nonetheless an interesting moment to study. For me this translates mainly into a curiosity to see how far will humans go with their interpretation of art, what are the motives for creating it and...
Peace can be understood in two ways, first you have peace as the state of harmony, the lack of conflict, and secondly you have peace as death. This being said, the American method of bringing peace in the world is highly effective, although, it refers to the second definition and, so, their...
Image from Isfahan BazarPersian, or Farsi as it is called when referring to the language spoken in Iran, is beautiful and surprisingly easy to learn, once you master the alphabet. It is an Indo-European language, just like almost all European languages (which spread all over the world). Although...
Presenting poetry and paintings together isn't something new, I remember reading that Turner had the habit of presenting a few verses along with his works. Not many artists have/had this interest, Edward Hopper, as it seems, didn't have it. Nonetheless, all is not lost, and thanks to the...
A couple of weeks ago I watched this movie called Tetro and I found it absolutely great. To be honest it's one of those movies I can't write about, by itself it gives birth to artistic creativity, not critique. The film noir elements are really something I admire (go to: The man who wasn't there)...