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#2 Creating Opportunities
Four young writers talking about writing's timetables and scoreboards.
WHEN DO YOU WRITE, IN YOUR DAILY LIFE? DO YOU CUT OUT A FIXED PERIOD OR DOES WRITING END UP MERGING WITH YOUR DAILY ACTIVITIES?
Davide Longo - I'm a teacher and during the school year I write very little, a couple of novels at the most, something for the radio, I help out ...
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Dec 15, 2009 | Categories: Experiences | Tags: character, end, european, ideas, mind, notebook, novel, scritture giovani, sensations, stories, story, suggestions, title, writers, writing | Leave A Comment »
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#1 Timetables and scoreboards
After thirty years spent in Asia as correspondent for Der Spiegel and collaborator for Italian newspapers, Tiziano Terzani has definitely not lost one bit of the intense warmth and the impetus of his homeland, Tuscany.
These characteristics however, are now mingled with the peaceful and ascetic wisdom that has been transferred onto him by the cult...
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Dec 14, 2009 | Categories: Experiences | Tags: absurd, advantages, asia, attentive, awareness, cambodia, china, choice, cnn, coffee, contemplation, der spiegel, diversities, evil, gandhi | Leave A Comment »
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#23 Emotion and Surprise
As I see it, there are at least three aspects making for any brand’s success, and namely its relevance, appeal, and standing. Relevance typically falls within the domain of rationality. It essentially depends on the actual utility of the brand’s product or service, but also on the peculiarities that enhance its strictly performance-related char...
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Dec 03, 2009 | Categories: Experiences | Tags: aesthetic, apple, apple corporation, benetton, brand, business, characteristics, consumer, corporate, emotional, evocative, factors, image, legendary, mind | Leave A Comment »
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#24 Self Portrait
Your short stories frame the fascinating even if painful contrast between tradition and modernity. Do you recognise yourself in this contrast?
India is a very old culture, and the eternal continuum between tradition, the past, and the present is something that is present in all Indians. There is no clear defining line that separates the two; India...
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Sep 18, 2009 | Categories: Experiences | Tags: bangalore, children, conflict, contrast, culture, everyday, experience, explore, family, human, india, indians, lavanya sankaran, life, literature | Leave A Comment »