Beautiful images of the natural world: can we connect with something we ideolise?
You only have to watch a TV documentary about the natural world to realise how we much love to see all those beautiful nature images. Films about nature have elevating music, there is that special way of narrating, and those incredible scenes developing in front of our eyes. But…can we connect with the natural world by ideolising it? Do we really see nature as it is?
Tasty simple meals: Welcome to a new perspective on cooking!
A good meal needs expensive ingredients. Even in case of a tasty simple meal, you need to have time to prepare it. You need to have a good recipe. It needs to be from a certain country, like “Italian.” Right? Mary Contrary begs to differ. She has put aside all her ideas and rules about cooking. And she feels a lot better for it, she says. Mary’s advice is simple: Time to shake things up and do your own thing!
Happy horse: Are our four-legged friends really just for riding?
There are ‘horse owners’ who take their horse for a walk instead of riding it. They say it’s a great thing to do for both horse and rider. That it helps them see the world from their horse’s perspective. That it helps create a stronger bond between them. All by changing their perspective a little in their otherwise mundane normal day. Turns out: that way we can have a happy horse and a happy person.
“Us v them:” has the angry group’s approach had its day?
When it comes to expressing our opinions, has the ‘us v them’ approach had its day? Suppose we disagree on a certain topic and want to make our opinion heard. Then we must join forces and form an anti-group. Right? Or has the time come to approach this differently?