Today’s Reflection is about Istanbul, and a lesson from a vendor at the Grand Bazaar. Istanbul. A city of extremes, of East meets South meets West. An old veiled woman selling flowers on the street, waiting for clients, almost falling asleep occasionally, and talking on the cell phone. A young, stylishly-dressed man in a cafe, […]
Today’s Reflection is about a seemingly easy and natural-to-us all act. Or maybe not that easy. I recently made an important, and perhaps life-changing, discovery. My ears are not the same, in their shape. Yes. Who knew. I realized it because one of the two earphones, the left one, of my newly-acquired iPhone, keeps falling […]
Today’s Reflection is about being present. Or not. Washington, DC. Metro Station on a cold January morning in 2007. The man with a violin played six Bach pieces for about 45 minutes. During that time approximately 2 thousand people went through the station, most of them on their way to work. After 3 minutes a […]
Today’s Reflection is about a recent drumming weekend in Seattle. “I have had many teachers in my life,” he said. “My most important one right now, and for many years is her. She will always tell me when I am present, engaged, in my heart… Or not. When I am, she will participate, play […]
Today’s Reflection is about the pleasure and importance of a time-out. The Olympics are here, in Vancouver. Media, people (a lot of them), road closures, protesters, security, and the focus of the world on Vancouver. A perfect time to leave the city and disappear somewhere quiet, away from all the noise and the predictions of […]
Today’s Reflection is about a story that crossed my path, “The Three Questions” by Leo Tolstoy. And even though it crossed my path a long time ago, it is somehow ever more relevant today. One day it occurred to a certain emperor that if he only knew the answers to three questions, he would never […]
Today’s Reflection is about being in, and with, Nature. Something that many of us, city dwellers, have forgotten. It was late, dark, and raining here in Vancouver. And the world was beckoning me to come and visit and wander the streets. I felt the need to answer the call… A dark, quiet, windless, and rain-ful […]