Tag: care

“Breathe, breathe in the air”

I recently re-discovered the song Breathe by Pink Floyd on the album The Dark Side of the Moon. As a teenager, I practically knew the record by heart. That is, I knew the lyrics but didn’t think about what they might mean. On the website song meanings, I found an interesting range of comments on the possible interpretations…

Today, being interested in breathing, the line that strikes me is “Don’t be afraid to care”. When I’m afraid, I can immediately notice it in my breathing and my breathing, in turn, reacts to me being afraid. And thinking about the moments when I’m afraid, more often than not, it is about caring. Read More

Put out your foot to the extent of your carpet


Credit: Kirill Abdrakhmanov

In January I visited the international conference „Outcast Voices – reflections on the marginalized, the exiled and the secondary in classical and modern Arabic culture“ at Haifa University. In one of the lectures, Prof. Alexander Key quoted the Persian and Arabic wisdom „Put out your foot to the extent of your carpet“ or „Stretch out your legs to the extent of your robe“, in its different versions across time. Read More