We have experienced death before, why do we fear it now
No matter how hard I try, I cannot recall what it was like being dead. I know that I was, but I have no idea what it was like. Actually, I was dead for a pretty long time. Based on what I’ve been told, I was dead for between 13.7 and 13.8… billion years.
Regardless of whether we want to admit it, we all fear death. The awareness of our impending mortality is one of, if not the most influencing force on our experience of life. The things we do, the thoughts inside our minds, the feelings we experience. …
By the numbers, you shouldn’t even be here in the first place
As of July 2020 and according to the most recent United Nations estimates elaborated by Worldometer, there are approximately 7.8 billion humans on our planet. Just like you and me, they are living their own lives, with their own jobs, relationships, hobbies, and no one is the same as the other. The number of events, situations, and interactions that occur on a daily basis across everyone on earth, is very high and hard to fathom. But something that is too hard to comprehend is, how you’re here in the first place?
A lot has happened throughout history. There was nothing…
How to apply the ant philosophy about productivity and perseverance to get the maximum benefit of what you have available in your life
Progress in life requires productivity; our lives are affected by what we do every day and how much we do it, but this is an issue for most of us because we live in a world where it is easy to get distracted by the thousands of things that surround us; our minds will always find a way to quit or to stop when stressed.
During one of those bad days, I felt like I was not doing enough, I was sitting in my room and listening to the great Jim Rohn, one of the greatest philosophers ever lived, this…
Graphic design explained
You live in a visual environment, every day in your life, you are surrounded by the work of designers, and you barely give it a thought. Graphic design is a high form of communication; it is a skill that requires both theoretical education and intensive practice.
Graphic designers are seekers of meaning and solvers of problems, they take ideas and give them visual form so that others can understand them. The designer uses visual elements and principles to organize and represent ideas into a unified message. Graphic designers are the ambassadors of clear communication, and graphic design is their language.
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What are the measuring units in typography and how to use them
The typographic practice or typesetting is about manipulating spaces to achieve certain goals and to create a consistent relationship between its elements, and like every other craft or commerce, typography has its own system of units to describe, control, and measure spaces. This system was originally developed for the handset metal type invented by Johann Gutenberg around 1450 and it’s divided into two main categories: Absolute or fixed measuring units, and relative or proportional measuring units.
Absolute or fixed measurements:
The units we use in our everyday life such as the inch, centimeter, and the meter are all fixed or absolute units. That is…
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