Part 7 in “How to Watch the World Burn and Stay Sane,” posted in bite-sized segments. Intro here. P1, P2, P3, P4, P5, P6 Cancel culture and the “-isms” Finding sanity in our current socio-political discourse is a challenge, with our everyday actions scrutinized under a microscope, where the wrong word or action(reaction) can ruin…

Part 6 in “How to Watch the World Burn and Stay Sane,” posted in bite-sized segments. Intro here. P1, P2, P3, P4, P5 In the 21st Century, identity politics has consumed almost all cultures and societies in the West. With the “death” of religion, the fraying of traditional familial bonds…

*Part 5 in “How to Watch the World Burn and Stay Sane” posted in bite-sized segments each week. Intro here. P1, P2, P3, P4* According to teachings in Eastern philosophy and spirituality, and specifically in Buddhism, attachment is the root of human suffering. All life involves suffering — Dukkha(in Sanskrit)…

*Part 4 in “How to Watch the World Burn and Stay Sane” posted in bite-sized segments each week. Intro here. P1, P2, P3* For those who remember studying basic physics in high school, Newton’s third law of motion states that for every action, there is an opposite or equal reaction…

*Part 3 in “How to Watch the World Burn and Stay Sane” posted in bite-sized segments each week. Intro here. P1, P2* Disorder The second law of thermodynamics states that everything in the world tends towards disorder/chaos. This law affects every part of our daily lives, e.g. the lukewarm coffee on…

*Part 2 in “How to Watch the World Burn and Stay Sane” posted in bite-sized segments each week. Intro here. “Who Are You, Really?” (Pt.1)* When most people hear the words: black and white, they think of the colours (shades), or they might think of “race.” However, black and white…

*Part 1 in my short e-book, “How to Watch the World Burn and Stay Sane” posted in bite-sized segments each week. Intro here.* If I went around and asked you this seemingly obvious question of “who are you,” what would you reply? You might say your name: “I am Jane…

*This is the intro to my short e-book posted in bite-sized segments each week.* “In a time of universal deceit — telling the truth is a revolutionary act.” — George Orwell Intro: When you look outside, what do you see? The world seemingly up in flames. The worst pandemic of a…

“When men die, they enter into history. When statues die, they enter into art. This botany of death is what we call culture. That is because the society of statues is mortal. One day, their faces of stone crumble and fall to earth.” …