27th May 2020 I do not know anyone as obsessed with classification, and labelling as human. All other animals, living things and objects in the nature are oblivious of their existence. Unlike humankind, they are simply there without asking why and how, or for how long, let alone what it is called. A stone did[…]

12th May 2020 Hermann Hesse’s essay “Zarathustra’s Return: A word to German youth” written in 1919 gives some thoughts on the topics of destiny and integrity, action and suffering, and solitude, all of which are of great relevance to me at this stage of my life. Though no longer young, I feel both excited and[…]

Updated on 18 May, 2020, Tasmania   It is important that we spend time trying to understand what is happening around us at a time of change. Recently, I made an enormous change in life. Having said goodbye to a teaching career that lasted for decades, I embarked on a new journey, both literally and[…]