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Archive for August, 2008

The Dance of Anger

This comes from the book “Marriage and the Family. Diversity and Strengths” by David H. Olson who refers us to yet another book “The Dance of Anger” by Harriet Golhor Lerner.
“It is our job to state our thoughts and feelings clearly and to make responsible decisions that are congruent with our values and beliefs. It [...]

You are unique just like everybody else

His name is Mark, he works as a Security Guard, and what he said is not necessary amazing, but it stuck in my mind, it made me remember him.
I haven’t done anything unusual to him, I just talked and I guess he maxed out on his patience and he said:
“I am not that intellectual.  I [...]

Chinatown as a “film noir”

The film “Chinatown” is a “film noir” because its subject matter revolves about fatality and futility of will, and this theme is supported by very effective visual techniques. No matter how hard the charactres try, they are powerless to overcome the obstacltes and unwritten rules. The main character, Jake Gittes, tries to protect his reputation, [...]

Film Noir

Film Noir (literally, black cinema) is a style defined primarily in terms of light – or the lack of it. This style typified a variety of American genres in the 1940s and early 1950s. Noir is a world of night and shadows. Its milieu is almost exclusively urban. The style is profuse in images of [...]

It is a problem

I have actually met people who know what “Art of Reframing” is.  It is quite simple.  Simple substitution of a word changes everything.  Like what? Like meaning.
For example,
It is a problem ==> It is an opportunity.
It is a good substitution; however, when you start to substitute the word “problem” with the word “opportunity” every time, [...]