I love reading. I mean, I love-love reading. I can read for hours. If I did not have social obligations, I would read all the time. With all my passion for reading, one would presume that I would go through books like a beaver goes through bark. I read only…

Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic landed in Melbourn, Australia, on January 5, 2022. He and his team were aboard an Emirates flight from Dubai to Australia. The purpose of the trip was to participate in the Australian Open, a Grand Slam tennis tournament, which begins on January 17, 2022. Djokovic…

My goal is to play all day long — to express myself fully and freely, to read, to write, to compose music, to play music, to create new realities and new futures. There is so much knowledge to learn, practice, and master. There are so many ideas to ponder, expand…

(A short story.) I killed an ant. Ants. A few thousand, maybe. I was six. I poured water in their formicary. Most of them drowned instantly. Painlessly. Some of them were holding grains and straws of different kinds and sizes. Food for the winter they were never going to see…

On April 28, 2021, The President of the United States, Joe Biden, addressed the United States Congress. He talked about his economic plan and emphasized the importance of United States of America owning the 21st century. He meant that the U.S. …

In January 2019, I started a job at the Oregon Health Authority (OHA) as an executive assistant. I had no professional experience in healthcare. My background was in business and the arts. A few months into the job, I noticed that a lot of the work at OHA revolved around…

“We all know that Art is not truth. Art is a lie that makes us realize truth.” — Pablo Picasso In the morning of March 21, 2018, Anna Duvall, a Portland-based artist received an email from William Siebold, Program Director (General Education) at The Art Institute of Portland (AiPD). In…

Resumes are pointless. We use them to find employment, but we should not. We should throw them in the trash. We should not even bother creating them. Typically, a resume is up to two pages long. In it, we present a summary of two types of information: professional experience and…

Siddhartha Gautama grew up rich. His father was a king and he was a prince. The king isolated young Siddhartha from the ugly and unpleasant parts of life. One day, when he was a young adult, Siddhartha discovered that there was suffering, poverty, diseases, and pain in the world. Siddhartha…