Homo sapiens — a work in progress?

Leonardo da Vinci
Uomo vitruviano

Let's assume, for the sake of simplicity, that a human being is a creature that after 5 billion years of evolution became 1000 times more advanced than an average bacteria. If that kind of evolutionary progress is attainable, then if we take another 5 billion years it should theoretically be possible for evolution to come up with a creature that is 1000 times more advanced than an average human being is, right? Now, as a human race, we came to believe that we are the top of the crop, the remarkable creatures that became the undisputed sovereigns of the planet. But what if, contrary to this belief, we are just one of the countless gears driving the evolution engine’s journey towards its pinnacle, not the pinnacle itself? A gear that will promptly be discarded once it has fulfilled its mission. Aren't the clashes (e.g., aggression, sex drive) between our "humanity" and animal nature a sufficient evidence that this, indeed, is a work in progress? More so, wouldn't that also mean that the top predators we consider ourselves to be, our role in this world, in fact, wasn't any more different than that of an average bacteria?

Egress into the unknown

A Huguenot on St. Bartholomew's Day
John Everett Millais

These days I feel like a soldier,
Fighting in a war.
Every day is getting longer,
Just waiting for you to knock on my door.
But every day I’m growing stronger
and less afraid of pain.
I know the day is coming,
When we will meet again.

Bonjour la Suisse

Switzerland is a magnificent place on Earth. From the spectacular views of the pristine nature to the mouthwatering cuisine, visiting this alpine country will be among the most unforgettable experiences in your life.  

Hit the link below to take a look at the few photos from my first visit there, they should give you a taste of what it is like to live in the second most livable city in the world.

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False Mirror

Specchio Falso
René Magritte

I want to start from scratch

And build this house anew

Let go of my anxious clutch

On things I wasn’t cast to do

But every time I get near

To shifting to a new course

My heart is paralysed by fear

Of failure and remorse

I will not fall for this decoy

And will escape this bitter fate

I know I will have to destroy

In order to create. 

A walk to paradise garden

A walk to Paradise Garden
W. Eugene Smith

If we could go together
To places that are yet unknown,
Would you ask me whether
We would be back by dawn?

Or would you go wherever,
Just so we can go!
Not looking at the time, the date, the weather,
Or what we left at home.

Let's dream of what we can find if we go further
Forget about what is unknown!
Let's walk on this road together,
I promise you will never be alone.

A few words on religion

Jheronimus Bosch
Tuin der lusten

The idea of a religion always seemed a primitive one to me. People didn't understand what moved the world around them and created religions to explain it, I thought. But what if religion came from a different source? What if it came from our fascination with the world's incredible complexity rather than our obscure understanding of it? What surrounds us, and the very nature of our own existence, is of such imposing dimensions that ascribing it divine origins would seem like an appropriate way to match this might.

Could it be then, that religion is just a tribute to the marvellous complexity of our world? If so, praise that is commensurate (if not exceeding!) divinity would seem even more appropriate today than in the past. After all, the complexity is no longer a mystery, but a reality! And shouldn't we praise more that which is certain than that which is not? Then, paradoxically, would it not be safe to say that now, more than ever, it is time to be religious?

Never too late

Time is a runner in disguise

Why else would it run so fast

That before you realise

Another year has passed?

This ceaseless run can scare

Make you feel afraid to move

Survival of the fittest isn't fair

You loose if you don't improve.

To achieve your innermost dreams

You'll have to conquer mind and body aches

Keep on running and you'll win

Remember: it never is too late!

Which path to choose?

It may not always be clear which path to choose, but there is only one way up.

40 words you will never use vol. 2

Second edition of the compilation of words that most of us either never use or straight up don't know. Coming from my literary wanderings of the past 6 months here is 40 words you will never use volume two.

Impervious ● Sagacious ● Fornicate ● Excrescence ● Aberration ● Insouciance ● Provenance ● Dilapidated ● Confounding ● Conspicuous ● Ramification ● Disavowal ● Transience ● Disparagement ● Onerous ● Recalcitrant ● Outre ● Implacable ● Comeuppance ● Confluence ● Ephemeral ● Bequeath ● Indignation ● Incestuous ● Conduit ● Transcendent ● Connivance ● Heinous ● Indefatigable ● Obsequious ● Obeisance ● Petulant ● Egregious ● Sycophancy ● Volubility ● Insatiable ● Unruliness ● Effeminacy ● Vituperative ● Adamant

Definitions after the break.

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