Tag: Quiet

Sultry saxophones simmer over velvety baselines. Candlelit vocals caress shadowy silhouettes swaying in embrace. Mood music for romance: the aesthetic essence of Quiet Storm. This soothing blend of R&B, pop, soul and jazz grew from late night “slow jam” radio formats in the 1970s int...

More than just a source of warmth and light, fire enabled all the modern technology, built the community, and activated our imagination. To produce anything we use today, we need high temperatures: a subway, a computer, an AI. Arguably, there can be no intelligent civilization without fire.&...

Iclearly remember, when I was a teenager, that among my peers there was an unwritten rule that loomed over our heads like a curse. You needed to have the answer ready to be worth listening to. As soon as the conversation started, I had to immediately express my opinion before someone else took...

In a world that’s full of words, I sometimes sat quietly in the hum around me with thoughts of my own about the existence of the words itself About why they’re here and how they can magically lighten up our eyes About all the 26 letters, along with their curves and lines, and the u...

Anti-snowflakers go by many names, but maybe that’s because they are all around us. Perhaps it’s because they are us, and we are them, and showing empathy takes energy. They come in two primary colors: bullies and bystanders. As a person with a disability and someone who hangs o...

I had a conversation with someone recently whose entire family had contracted Covid. I found out like this: sorry if my voice goes, he said. I have Covid. I was helping him out with his work by answering some questions, but I quickly told him that he needed to rest. Give yourself the ...

Ifyou binged the HBO show, Succession or were hooked on Gwenyth Paltrow’s trial, you’re familiar with the trend that has been making all the noise in the fashion industry in 2023. Oops, I mean all the soft buzz ‘quiet’ luxury has been making. Call it what you ...

I entered to marble staircases and elegant corridors. Beautiful blue and white pieces of Renaissance ceramics adorned the stairs. Even the windows offered amazing views over the city. I could’ve spent an hour walking up those stairs. Schwarzenberg Palace Museum is part of the National Museu...

Ina small suburban bedroom, the soft glow of a computer screen illuminates a young face, deep in concentration. The teenager, a coding prodigy with autism, is on the cusp of something extraordinary. His fingers dance across the keyboard as lines of code cascade down the screen. This is not just anot...