Why is it different with books?

As I’ve started my little spring cleaning and organising, I’ve stumbled upon a dilemma. What to do with the books? Surely, there are some that I no longer want on my shelves, whether it’s because they were a one-time read or because I’ve outgrown them. Why do I feel it’s necessary not to throw away them, in opposite to, let’s say, magazines? Although sometimes jettisoning them can prove to be a bit challenging too.

Maybe it’s about being sentimental. You know, when a particular title causes you to feel nostalgic and remind you of certain time. Although, personally, I feel that more with music than with books.

Other option: it’s like you are throwing away knowledge and it makes you feel like a thug. Come on, what does every kind of regime do first or every revolution? Imagine piles of books being lit up with gasoline. And then you see that they are burning paintings as well. So, basically, maybe subconsciously we want to preserve our culture? But there is culture and culture. 

Some of the books are not really masterpieces. They might have been entertaining at some point, but you may not feel like going back to read them ever. Then maybe somebody else can enjoy it? We can always donate the books if they are in somewhat good condition. Some may be given to friends.

Playing on repeat

You know how sometimes when you hear a song it just fits perfectly and makes your day? It’s a really wonderful feeling when a melody you hear is just right. As if it was written about you, to you. Or it’s just a really catchy tune. Why is that that sometimes you stumble upon songs that you want to hear over and over again? You kind of really like a particular tune, play it on repeat, but after a while its charm wears off. Apparently musical repetition makes us more in sync with the song, as we are imaging what is next, we feel as we are singing ourselves. We are creating the music with our mind, being part of something called “virtual participation”.Ahh the science of repetition… According to some sources, as much as 90% of the music we listen to is something we have already heard before. We feel more connected to the music.

If you want to read more about it, check out this article: http://mic.com/articles/99744/the-science-behind-why-you-listen-to-your-favorite-songs-obsessively

And now I would like to share some of the songs that I’ve begun to like pretty recently. It’s a varied selection, from the ones that might be unfamiliar to most, to some that are a bit more popular. I’ve found these on the Internet, various TV series episodes or heard somewhere and checked out the artist. Enjoy!

Chromatics- I can never be myself when you're around

Raign- Knocking on Heavens Door(cover)

Ben Howard- Black Flies(Nixon remix)

Matt Simmons- Catch & Release (Deepend remix)

Time jump in Homeland

Who hasn’t heard about this series, please raise your hand. No one? That’s about right. Unfortunately, we will have to wait probably until the autumn for the 5. season (since they are starting filming in May, it’s rather unlikely that it will be sooner). I don’t want to reveal too much, so I’m going to try to be a little cryptic with my words, so that people who haven’t watched the series yet won’t have a spoiled experience. 

Emmy-winning Claire Danes is returning as Carrie, with an apparent two and a half year time leap, supposedly no longer an intelligence officer and living in Germany. The fourth season left us with quite a cliffhanger, not knowing what will happen to Quinn or the results of Saul decision in regards to Dar Adal. After the third season, almost everyone thought (including me) that it’s very unlikely the producers will pull off continuing the series without one of the protagonists. However, the show kind of reinvented itself and I t probably wants to do it again. Some of the episodes last season (the whole embassy plot) were really exciting and rather surprising. This is one of this series where one small detail that one might pass over turns out to be extremely significant for the story later on.

If you want to know more about the premise of the new season check this out:

http://www.hypable.com/homeland-season-5-plot-time-jump-setting/