Nowadays the accepted wisdom is that one should change jobs every five years, but many also acknowledge that a job should be changed not when a set time has passed, but when one simply can no longer stay where one is - guided by inner feeling. What is the optimal length of time a person can work in one job without reaching "burnout" or professional distortion? That is, how long can one do the same work day in, day out, without losing one's inner "spark"?
Various theories exist as to why blonde hair appeared and spread during evolution, and why the majority of women since time immemorial have strived to bleach or dye their hair blonde. One of them explains that fair skin and fair hair help people accumulate more vitamin D in those northern regions where there is less sun. Canadian anthropologist Peter Frost simplifies it: the spread of blonde hair occurred because men preferred fair-haired women - that was natural selection.
A characteristic quality of women born under this sign is a zest for life, complemented by curiosity and a desire for new sensations - especially sweet and passionate ones. She actively and willingly participates in all of life's happenings; she enjoys sensations, various unusual phenomena and new impressions. She values her body above all else, and it serves her wonderfully in the games of love.
Greetings to all on Latvia's 91st birthday! Red-and-white flags are flying on all buildings in Latvia, on the November embankment in Riga and on the castle tower. I decided to look into the history of the national flag's creation, as well as where these colours came from and who were their first bearers. The flag design was created based on historical evidence from the Livonian Rhymed Chronicle.
As befits a year of great upheaval, this year we have no fewer than three Fridays falling on the 13th - in February, March and now November. Many people associate this day with superstitious notions of various misfortunes, mishaps and dark forces. And like any superstition, this one too has a certain basis, grounded mainly in observations, historical experience or fears.
Would you believe that even by what fruits you choose for dessert or snack between meals, something can be said about a few of your character traits? American psychologist Elaine Kahn is said to have compiled a description of fruits and corresponding human character traits. Read about this classification and what I think about it all.
Continuing my interest in the oeuvre and personality of "the divine Dalí," I came across and watched the Spanish-British co-production art film "Little Ashes" (2008), which brilliantly reveals the dual nature of intimate relationships - spiritual closeness and sexuality. These two aspects are not always acceptable to both parties, and this can physically separate those who are close, but it certainly does not prevent mutual enrichment and the enjoyment of each other's presence.
Today Saša would celebrate his hundred and eighth birthday. We would celebrate too, but each of us, caught up in our daily concerns, is distant from the Riga of the 1920s and 30s - a reality that always becomes so close and palpable the moment you pick up any collection of Čaks's poetry. But enough of biographical facts - anyone can read those in a literary history textbook. Let us talk instead about love!
For many peoples, the arrival of the dark season has seemed and still seems significant - it is associated with the moment when the worlds of the living and the dead touch. The ancient Balts called it the time of ancestral spirits and laid a table for the spirits of the dead when they came to visit the homes of their kin and those who remained in this world. Other peoples believed that it was precisely at this time that witches held one of the four great sabbaths of the year. Nowadays hundreds of pumpkins are carved in the USA and other countries and candles lit inside them. It turns out the roots of Halloween lie in ancient Celtic culture.
Hearing the name Coco Chanel, every woman can unfailingly name at least two of her timeless creations - the little black dress (created in the mid-1920s) and the perfume ("Chanel No. 5"). But this time I want to talk not so much about her biography or achievements in fashion, but about the philosophy of Coco Chanel, which is, of course, reflected in her work.
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