Consider becoming a guest on ‘The Ink Well’! — Hello and welcome to all writers and their friends! Last Christmas was a little miserable. I was sick and missed out on most of the Christmas festivities. On the bright side of things, being confined to my couch provided me with an unexpected gift - time to reflect and think about how I would like my future to unfold. …

You can’t master the tango without becoming an expert at the art of listening — “When you dance with a partner you are close and the dance is very suggestive, but it is not personal … “Close is what the music inspires you to become. The embrace looks personal, but what we are actually embracing is the music.” - Carlos Gavito Different people, different backgrounds As a kid, I…

The narrative lessons from mythologist Joseph Campbell and Canadian author Christopher Grant. — The twofold story The movement of life always presents itself in two ways. There are life’s visible aspects and there is that which cannot be easily seen; that which takes place on the surface, and that which happens underneath. In fiction, the writer Christopher Grant calls it the character’s external and internal journeys…

Whenever you know that you are immersed in a game, you can decide to stop or continue playing it. That is for you to choose. — When I was around 17 years of age, for one reason or another, I began to develop a deep interest in philosophy. Most probably it was spurred by the realization that soon I will be finishing high school and will have to enter the unknown and mysterious world of adulthood…

Even though it is said that you require 10000 hours to become a specialist, you only need 20 of them to get started. — Language, culture, and the merits of learning a foreign language We, human beings, are language and meaning-creating creatures. Everything and anything that we touch upon eventually gets assigned a word to signify its importance and uniqueness in relation to other sounds. Without naming a certain phenomenon or an experience it becomes very difficult to communicate our perceptions to others. Probably…

If all of us were willing to more often act as fools, who knows what invaluable experience we could achieve? — Welcome to the court of life In medieval times, a jester always had a special place in the king’s court. Only he could say things that would have otherwise made the heads of other courtiers role into the bucket. He poked fun at the most serious of matters, sometimes even the king himself. Surprisingly, the jester…

Strive to pay your bills while enjoying the freedom that comes with flexible working hours. — An introduction to the world of online tutoring With all the trouble that public and private schools are currently experiencing worldwide, tutoring is slowly reaching its golden age as a substitute for traditional desk-oriented teaching. Covid-19 has introduced many changes to our social fabric, but one of the most significant twists for me as an educator was making…

A summary of some of the major pros and cons present in online learning. — “People have to be educated, but they have also to be left to educate themselves.” — Ernest Dimnet The age of online learning It is fair to say that in the history of higher education learning has never been as diverse, inclusive and accessible as it is now. The Internet revolution, expanding Wi-Fi services, and…

It is much better to have our legs firmly put on the ground, our arms extending to the horizon, and our eyes directed at the sky. — I don’t know if you have noticed, but we humans really like to talk. No wonder most of our daily interactions with other people are almost purely verbal — we crave it. Speaking about our experiences makes us feel more alive, as though by sharing our thoughts with another we…