“The plant messiah”

A love story for plants. “The Plant Messiah” is the nickname given to Carlos Magdalena, an asturian who, from an early age, was attracted to the world of plants. However, it was not until he was 28 that he began training and working as a botanical horticulturist, eventually becoming one of the most renowned horticulturists … Read more

“El mesías de las plantas”

Una història d’amor per les plantes. “El mesías de las plantas” es el malnom que li varen posar a en Carlos Magdalena un asturià que, i des de ben menut es va sentir atret per el món de les plantes. Malgrat tot,  no va ser fins els 28 anys que va començar a formar-se i … Read more

Joan Fuster -eng-

Joan Fuster i Ortells died in Sueca (Ribera Baixa) on June 21, 1992. Valencian writer in Catalan, considered one of the most important essayists in Catalan of the twentieth century, his best known work, “Nosaltres el valencians”, (awarded the Lletra d’Or Prize in 1963), a book in which he proposes the “national reconstruction” of the … Read more

“Sugar Blues” (William Dufty)

Sugar Blues de William Dufty, published in 1975, and with over 1,600,000 copies sold it has become a classic. With irrefutable scientific data. It sets out a historical journey through the origin, economic dependence, metabolic degeneration, interests, etc., that refined sugar produced and is producing. Sugar, refined sucrose, is produced by a multiple chemical process … Read more

“Sugar Blues”

Sugar Blues de William Dufty, publicat al 1975, i amb més de 1.600.000 copies venudes ha esdevingut un clàssic. Amb dades científiques irrefutables. Planteja un recorregut històric per l’origen, dependència econòmica, degeneració metabòlica, interessos, etc, que va produir i està produint el sucre refinat. El sucre, sacarosa refinada, es produïda  per un procés químic múltiple … Read more

Drawing a tree

Bruno Munari – Drawing a Tree

“When drawing a tree, always remember that every branch is more slender than the one that came before. Also note that the trunk splits into two branches, then those branches split in two, then those in two, and so on, and so on, until you have a full tree, be it straight, squiggly, curved up, … Read more

Drawing a tree

Drawing a Tree – Bruno Munari

“Quan dibuixis un arbre, recorda sempre que cada branca és més prima que l’anterior. També tingues en compte que el tronc es divideix en dues branques, després aquestes branques es parteixen en dues, després aquestes en dues més, i així successivament. fins que tinguis un arbre complet, ja sigui recte, ondulat, corbat cap amunt, corbat … Read more

“The transformation of intimacy”

“The transformation of intimacy: Sexuality, love & eroticism in modern societies” by Anthony Giddens, written in 1992, is an emotional analysis of the modern social order in which he argues that the transformation of intimacy, in which women are playing the most prominent role, offers us the possibility of a radical democratization of the personal … Read more

L'Agonia de l'Eros

L’agonia de l’Eros

A “L’agonia del Eros” Byung-Chul Han, escriptor i doctor en filosofia, d’origen Coreà, professor de Filosofia i Estudis culturals de la Universitat de les Arts de Berlín presenta un assaig on diagnostica la desaparició de la seducció en una societat sotmesa l’acceleració i l’instant. Identifica els mals d’aquesta època hipermoderna (depressió, narcisisme, sentiment de culpa, … Read more

L'Agonia de l'Eros

The agony of Eros

In “The Agony of Eros” Byung-Chul Han, writer and doctor of philosophy, born in Korean, professor of Philosophy and Cultural Studies at the University of the Arts in Berlin presents an essay diagnosing the disappearance of seduction in a society subjected to acceleration and instant. He identifies the ills of this hypermodern era (depression, narcissism, … Read more