Through the Bohemian Looking Glass

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episode #147 tunes & sounds

Music Rockets: Cosmic Feeling Franz Ferdinand: Can’t Stop Feeling Freak Power: Can You Feel It Groove Armada: But I Feel Good Gorillaz: Feel Good Inc. Say Yes Dog: Feel Better Thundercat: How I Feel Bonobo mix: Tell Me How You Feel Moby: Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad Pulp: F.E.E.L.I.N.G.C.A.L.L.E.D.L.O.V.E. Boards of Canada: You…

episode #146 inventions of ancient Egypt

The pharaohs of Egypt presided over a huge kingdom for thousands of years, taming vast stretches of wilderness, erecting monuments that have stood the test of time, and creating stories that have since become legends. Ancient Egypt also had an immense cultural impact on surrounding ancient and modern civilisations, spanning topics including language, mathematics, and…

episode #145 crafts of ancient Egypt

A civilisation of great advances, the legacy of the Ancient Egyptians is evident in many aspects of our lives today. The ancient Egyptian craftsmen have existed in Egypt since prehistoric times which the main materials used were stones, clay, wood, fibres, ivory, animal skins, bones, and feathers. Later on during the history of Ancient Egypt…

episode #144 the oldest craft & tools

Citations from a website Ancient Craft an amazing project launched by Dr James Dilley and Emma Jones. As they state “AncientCraft is a heritage service providing replica prehistoric artefacts, living history demonstrations, workshops and consultation for museums and media. AncientCraft’s goal is to make prehistoric archeology more accessible to everyone.” Flintknapping is the oldest craft…

episode #143 prehistoric materials

A material that rarely survives from the earlier end of prehistory is wood. It could be argued that much of prehistory could be considered the “Wood Age” due to its common use in tools, shelters, walls and more permanent buildings. It is generally considered that timber would have always been readily available in prehistoric Europe.…

episode #142 prehistoric crafts

The oldest stone tools date to around 3.3 million years ago. The simple tools were found at Lake Turkana, Kenya from 2012 – 2014 by archaeologists from a number of institutions. It is thought the tools were made by Australopithecus afarensis or Kenyanthropus platyops, based on the age of the tools which was established by…

episode #141 crafts

Crafts – making things by hand; skill in doing or making something, as in the arts; proficiency. Skill in evasion or deception; guile. An occupation or trade requiring manual dexterity or skilled artistry. A craft is an activity such as weaving, carving, or pottery that involves making things skilfully by hand, often in a traditional…

here I come!

Good day to everyone, my name is Nefertiti and I speak for myself, not like Veronika, she speaks about herself in a third person. I might have been born recently (in the year of Water Tiger!) but I have already discovered a whole new world. I arrived to this new home at the beginning of…

Why 2022…

… was so different and so tough, at least for Ms Eclectic Mind? True to be told, Veronika was disappearing, seriously. She was becoming more and more pale, see through, weakened, misbalanced (not sure if this word is the correct one, yet this word describes nicely how her world was badly balanced) and tired, gosh…

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