What is that that makes our imagination go wild? Why are we so attracted to fairytales, superheroes and powers of the unknown? Why are we so drawn to characters derived from history with a fantasy twist?
Live Action Role Players or LARP players are some of those people who love to escape reality...
Is there an objective criteria to define what “great art” is?Essentially, art’s greatness is a personal and subjective judgment, varying from individual to individual. It appears that the value of art is often shaped by a few galleries and museums exhibiting a specific artist. So the decisions made ...
Art transcends and breaks down the boundaries of societies and history and answers this very big question: how do we define beauty in art?If you look at any dictionary or encyclopedia of the past two centuries and look for the definition “aesthetics,” you will find the classic definition that “aesthetics is th...
Can a spoken mistake inspire the writing of a new song? Can music tame and perhaps transform even the most violent of souls? Can songs build new worlds in and out of this space? And where is this space after all?In the mind and heart of singer and songwriter Cybele Castoriades , inner space and balance...
Global plastic production, the biggest plague for our earth’s life and longevity . Worldwide plastic production has seen an increase from the 1950s, with 368 million tons of plastic production in 2019. About 250,000 tons of plastic debris are floating across the global ocean waters. The study estimations s...
Falling in love is often described as heart-warming , heart-wrenching , or even heart-breaking- and your brain is responsible for all these feelings. The journey from first spark to the last tear is guided by a symphony or neurochemicals and brain systems. Biologists believe that love is fundamentally...
Listen to this episode of the English language show Infinitely Curious with Katerina Batzaki, and explore the anthropology and therapy of dance!
Learn how different dances like the ecstatic dance, Cambodian and Latin American folk CUMBIA dancing help interconnect not only Latinx and Asian cultures fro...
Global Mental health data say 970 million people around the world struggle with some mental illness or drug abuse. 1 in 4 people will be affected by a mental illness at some point in their lives. 8 million deaths each year, are attributable to mental disorders. So far, 21 percent of Europeans said they...
Ζούμε τη ζωή μας με συνειδητό νου ή με υποσυνείδητα προγράμματα; Καθώς φαίνεται, η επιστήμη έχει αποκαλύψει ότι μόνο το 5% της ημέρας λειτουργούμε το νευρικό μας σύστημα κάνοντας χρήση των δημιουργικών επιθυμιών του συνειδητού νου. Για το υπόλοιπο 95%, η ζωή μας κατευθύνεται από προγράμματα του υποσυνείδητ...
Few of us are in the process of exploring our adulthood through our childhood. For those of us who do it, it is always through the children, and that is only when the children ask us to play with them… and then we try to retrieve our childhood memories to run with them. And too often we are e...
‘IKIGAI’ : IKI (LIFE) GAI (WORTH)
This Japanese word literally means “the happiness of being constantly occupied or the reason for being, which can help us to determine what it is that we want to wake up for in the morning.
IKIGAI is centered around a person’s true purpose in life...
Aware or not, we all one way or another carry our own hidden traumas…
Listen to this episode of the english-language show Infinitely Curious with Katerina Batzaki and learn from EMDR psychotherapist Vasiliki Sfyri and EMDR founder Francine Shapiro how EMDR helps patients overcome traumas such as war...
Many are those who believe that meditation is power. In times of stress, anxiety and isolation, meditation is one of the most beneficial and effective practices for understanding our emotions and how they relate to the world and our existence. For years now it has been proven that the frequent practice...
”Beyond Borders” is more than a Festival. It is a celebration in the last week of August that aims to meet and unite everyone involved with Art and Culture itself on the island that unites the past with the present, its history with art and culture: Kastelorizo.
Since 2016, on the initiative of&...
What if you could stretch out those years just a little longer to add a few more memories to this life? According to a few centenarians and supercentenarians you can, simply by eating right, working out and laughing.
According to a new infographic that compiled advice from 25 people 100 years...
Climate change is here and this summer in particular more than ever. Wildfires, high temperatures and human intervention add to the list of reasons why our earth’s atmosphere is on the verge of a serious and accelerated change.
Scientists say the main cause of climate change is burning f...
Is the treasure of the fairies really hidden at the end of the rainbow?
Why does Ireland have the harp as its national symbol?
Who was Brendan the Navigator?
At the Irish festival in Labidona Park in Athens on June 22, lovers of irish myths,...
Food is an international language and it travels.
It evolves through the centuries and is influenced by customs, cultures and traditions. No matter how far apart countries are distance wise from each other, they have one thing in common. They all share the same love and passion for food with...
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