Inspiration
The Locked Room
The Locked Room “There are spirits in the locked room upstairs, which is why no one goes there.” This incident happened almost thirty years ago and it is something I experienced myself. At that time, I had come to Sukkur for my job. My maternal uncle lived there, so I stayed at his house for a few days until I could arrange separate accommodation. I had come to my uncle’s house after many years. In childhood, I used to visit occasionally with my mother.
By Sudais Zakwan13 days ago in Art
Essence, Embodiment, and Relational Reality
The Failure of Reduction and the Need for Synthesis There is a persistent failure in many modern attempts to explain what a human being is. Some frameworks reduce the person entirely to matter, insisting that identity, consciousness, morality, and meaning are nothing more than emergent properties of physical processes. Other frameworks move in the opposite direction, detaching spirit from reason and grounding belief in intuition alone, often at the cost of coherence or accountability. Both approaches fail because both misunderstand essence. One denies that essence exists at all. The other treats it as something vague and undefinable.
By Peter Thwing - Host of the FST Podcast14 days ago in Art
Soon-Young (Shownal) Han: The Casting Director Redefining Global Collaboration
In an era where content knows no borders, casting has become more than selecting faces for the screen—it has become an act of cultural translation. Few understand this better than Soon-Young Han, also known professionally as Shownal Han, a global casting director whose work is quietly reshaping how Hollywood, Korean content, and international brands collaborate.
By Alpha News Network17 days ago in Art
The Best Philosophy in the World Is the One You Can Live
Ask ten philosophers what the best philosophy in the world is, and you will receive at least ten different answers—possibly delivered with footnotes, counterarguments, and mild contempt for the other nine. This disagreement is not a flaw of philosophy; it is its essence. Philosophy was never meant to be a universal prescription handed down like a rulebook. It exists to help human beings live better lives. By that standard, the best philosophy in the world is not the most elegant or complex—it is the one that can be lived.
By Fred Bradford25 days ago in Art
The Uncopiable Human Wit to Write
We all have been in that spot at least once in our schooldays where we have been wringing our brains off to curate written articles of some sort until our soul-less friends were born. At just four years old, our beloved soul-less, metallic, digital assistant who is always by our side when we turn on our computers and smart phones, will be doing much more than curating written content for us all, if you know what I mean.
By Sound Savvy27 days ago in Art
Why Nietzsche Belongs in 2026
As the world moves toward 2026, it does not feel like a calm progression into the future—it feels like a collision. Rapid technological acceleration, cultural fragmentation, economic uncertainty, and a deep crisis of meaning define the modern condition. Traditional authorities are distrusted, ideologies compete aggressively, and individuals feel both empowered and exhausted by choice. In such a landscape, Friedrich Nietzsche’s philosophy emerges not as a comfortable guide, but as a necessary one. Unsettling, demanding, and brutally honest, Nietzsche may offer the most fitting philosophical framework for the year ahead.
By Fred Bradford29 days ago in Art
