Reading fiction books doesn't just give you the opportunity to visit imaginary worlds and escape the boring reality of everyday life. Reading fiction books can also stimulate your cognitive functions and helps you understand yourself and others better. Who we are, what we do and what we can do, is…
For as long as I can remember, I've had a bad habit of drawing during classes and meetings. All the way back into elementary school, I'd draw pictures instead of taking notes and had many teachers and bosses lecture me on how it appears disrespectful. Sure, that makes sense, it…
New research published in Live Science [1] claimed that the humans have been predominantly right-handed for over 500,000 years, however, left-handed people make up 10 percent of the population, undoubtedly making them the odd ones out. There has been lots of research into why some people prefer to use their…
Surrealist painter Jacek Yerka creates unique artworks based on allegories and symbols. Flying houses and buildings, colorful gardens, trees and cottages are skillfully combined in unique paintings that captivate the viewers and reveal the artist's vivid imagination. Jacek Yerka was born in Torun, a city in Northern Poland, in 1952.…
If computers could dream, what would it look like? Moreover, if computers were artists, would technology produce paintings akin to Escher or Dali masterpieces? After testing the ability of Google’s AI to recognize images, these conclusions were made: Google software engineers analyzed computer ‘dreams’ (the latest images, produced by computers).…
Gone are the days of the “hard sell” – that strength and skill we have so admired in the extroverted, gregarious individual in the workplace. Today, technology has taken over, and businesses conduct their functions, their marketing, and brand promotion online. CRM software tracks every interaction with a customer; blogs,…
His lush images combine imagination and ambiguity that draw the observer into a different world, where dreams rule in a continuous play of thought, confirming what Edgar Allan Poe once said: "All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream". This the extraordinary Rafal Olbinski. Rafal…
Being an introvert can be hard in modern society, which seems to favor only extroverts with their strong communication skills and active attitude to life. For this reason, many people feel that their introversion is a kind of disability, a “pain in the neck,” which complicates their life and needs…
