Was ich manchmal wirklich bemerkenswert am Begleiten der eigenen Kinder finde, ist, wie häufig es passiert, dass sie Erinnerungsbrücken zu den eigenen, weit zurückliegenden Erlebnissen wiederherstellen. Wie durch ihre Beschreibungen ihres Alltags Gefühle und Eindrücke in mir zum Vorschein kommen, an die ich in den...

Conversations that never took place between people who never met. Video edited by Jonas Hollerup Helle using existing interviews, and I think that's one of his best. Reply by email

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I’ve just realized again how much I associate learning and memorizing things with movement. For example, I remember number combinations best when I picture a keypad and then mentally trace the movements I make with my fingers. The sense of direction, the stretching of the finger joints, the positioning of the...

The heat wave of the past few days has also hit this part of Europe, and judging by your blog posts and social media updates, we’re not the only ones dealing with it here in Germany (warm and sweaty greetings to England). The little stream in front of our house is clearly running low on water, and overall, it’s much...

Has that frequency changed as you've gotten older? Is there a dream that has particularly stuck in your memory? If so, have you had that dream more often later in life, or was it just a one-time thing? If you’d like to share your thoughts, why not reply with a Re: blog post? Or on Mastodon, Bluesky or by email, if...

“Earth features 7 billion brains, each creating its own independent reality, only weakly overlapping with that of the others. That's a lot of parallel universes. And only a single main character in each one. When you make art or music, remind yourself: you're not making just one piece. You're making exactly as many...

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💭 You're context switching like a pro. Your hypercurious mind is drawn to even the smallest details, fascinated and totally absorbed within seconds. Your attention is all over the place, with too many mental tabs open. Everything, everywhere, and all at once. Does this sound familiar? What's your go-to method for...