...said #Dhamma Talk video "100 days of meditating 6 hours a day"​:
https://bhikkhu.ca/buddhism/video/2023/10/02/Dhamma_Talk_124.html

#Buddhist #dharma #Theravada

Topics: #meditation, attainment, lack thereof, seclusion, restraint, #tradition, generational differences, #technology, #lifestyles, sasana, procession of monks throughout the generations, training, conservative #culture, a world which no longer remembers what it’s like to live without smartphones and #computers; the difficulty for #monastic culture to live simply, while not over-extending the generosity of laypeople, who expect a certain minimal participation in technological use

What does Romania, Russia, Latvia, Germany, and the United States have in common? A planet, and the human imagination. We imagine borders, nationalities, and differences. In truth we are all very much the same. We grow up in a culture, we watch the same TV, listen to the same music, follow similar traditions. We are "educated" and "trained" by institutions that are rarely questioned by the masses.

So how does a newborn human become someone in this culture of humans? And how does the human-invented world contrast with the vast universe we are part of?

Switching #languages can also switch #personality: #study

Source: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-languages-personalities-idUSSP4652020080624

“One respondent, for example, saw an ad’s main character as a risk-taking, independent woman in the Spanish version of the ad, but as a hopeless, lonely, confused woman in the English version,” said the researchers.

#culture #psychology #humanity #Brain #science #research

Switching languages can also switch personality: study

People who are bicultural and speak two languages may unconsciously change their personality when they switch languages, according to a U.S. study.

^Reuters

Hermajestie the Hung told us, “I was given spaces to explore the real me, not the me that I had to be in order to stay alive. #Drag is so healing.”

In Digital Editor Kit @oconnell's #Culture feature from our magazine, the performers of #Austin celebrate their art in defiance of persecution: https://www.texasobserver.org/austin-drag-queens-defy-ban/

(📸 #Photography by Cindy Elizabeth, with Kit O'Connell)
#culture #DragQueens #trans #transgender #transphobia #politics #USpol #gender #homophobia #LGBTQIA+ #dance

FediForum, the online unconference for the #fediverse, is in 8 days!

Chances are, there are several topics close to your heart:

#Trust and #safety. #Moderation. Extensions to #ActivityPub. How #media companies can thrive in the Fediverse. #Culture. #Funding and #sustainability. #Developer support. And much more.

Here's the list of what #fediforum attendees publicly proposed: https://fediforum.org/2023-09/topics/

Join us? More info and register at https://fediforum.org

/cc @fediforum@a.gup.pe

Content warning: mentions of death, dying, grief, illness Reveal/hide

It is only by having conversations about #death and building a #culture of death that we can begin to imagine ways to provide and practice the care people need to die with #dignity and help their loved ones live through and after their deaths.

To choose death with dignity is the final act of our self-creation.

https://www.damemagazine.com/2023/09/14/can-we-choose-our-own-ending/

Can We Choose Our Own Ending?

“There must be some way to integrate death into living,” Audre Lorde wrote in a 1979 diary entry later published in The Cancer Journals.

^{Marcie Bianco (Dame Magazine)}

Venice Film Festival 2023: Yorgos Lanthimos’ 'Poor Things' wins 80th edition’s Golden Lion.

The 80th edition of the Venice Film Festival has come to a close, with this year’s Competition jury, led by American filmmaker Damien Chazelle (La La Land, Babylon), awarding the coveted Best Film Golden Lion to Yorgos Lanthimos’ Poor Things.

The film was a firm favourite this year on the Lido.

https://www.euronews.com/culture/2023/09/09/venice-film-festival-2023-yorgos-lanthimos-poor-things-wins-80th-editions-golden-lion

#VeniceFilmFestival #Cinema #Film #Movies #Culture

Venice Film Festival 2023: Yorgos Lanthimos’ 'Poor Things' wins 80th edition’s Golden Lion

And the winner is...

^{David Mouriquand (Euronews.com)}

Today is the 57th anniversary of the broadcast of "The Man Trap," the first regular episode of "Star Trek." In this archival @TheConversationUS story, Professor Stephen Benedict Dyson looked at the show's troubled journey to the screen, including a botched pitch by Gene Roddenberry, a rejected pilot, script problems and high production costs.

https://flip.it/7fYk5O

#Television #History #Culture #StarTrek

How 'Star Trek' almost failed to launch

With a pilot that was deemed too complex and cerebral, ‘Star Trek’ looked dead in the water. Fifty years later, we look back at the show’s rocky beginnings.

^{The Conversation}

The music of Starfield is epic and grand, perfectly setting the tone for the game. For @TheConversationUS, orchestra director J. Aaron Hardwick explains how it, and the scores for other video games such as Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice and Civilization IV, are drawing new audiences to classical music.

https://flip.it/tI5.mm

#Music #Culture #Videogames #ClassicalMusic

How video games like 'Starfield' are creating a new generation of classical music fans

The genre has long been viewed as too exclusive, too expensive and too stuffy. Thanks to video games, that’s starting to change.

^{The Conversation}