On The Body

The Only Fit That’s Perfect

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Throughout our lives, we look at other people and wish we were them. Trying On New Skins We wish we were like someone that we looked up to, someone who we could emulate. If we emulate them, we then believe that we’d gain all of their strengths and live a much better life than we do already. This is what happens when we idolise fictional characters such as superheroes – because these characters exhibit all the classic attributes that we come to identity as ‘desirable’ (such as strength, courage, discipline, creativity, etc), we then wish we were like these characters so that we could possess these attributes. Strength is something

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How To Breathe

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“Breathe. Let go. And remind yourself that this very moment is the only one you know you have for sure.” – Oprah Winfrey Breathe – is there a word more beautiful? We are often reminded to be more aware of our breathing – taking deep breaths to calm and relax us, breathing through the nose to maximise effectiveness when exerting ourselves, etc. The importance of breathing cannot be understated. But if there is one thing that we don’t do that well in life, it is breathing. Breathing is an automatic bodily response, an action that we begin even before we leave our mother’s wombs. We instinctively breathe to survive, to

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From Paris With Love

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“An artist has no home in Europe except in Paris.” – Friedrich Nietzsche Ah, gay Paree. The romantic city to trump all romantic cities. The City of Light. A city that offers endless options to relax, taste, stroll, and gaze your way through your vacation. So it seemed fitting that I’d take my girlfriend to Paris for a few days, for Valentine’s Day. Besides, it was only an hour’s flight. The picture here to the right is my amateur-ish snap of, you guessed it, the Eiffel Tower, one of the attractions that we visited. We only went up to the second floor; partly because our guided tour only went that

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