A friend and I were chatting recently after he read my first ever article ‘Rebirth’. Whilst the post is about my transformation after a hero’s journey, it got us discussing quarantine, loneliness and social isolation – and their effects on relationships. All this stemmed from a couple of lines in the text: “My relationship is sacrosanct. It is holy to me. Thus, its privacy shall always be respected. This is likely the last you will…
Atheists love to bring up the evils of religion. As soon as they get chance to flaunt their high-level analysis, the Spanish Inquisition is summoned, the Crusades get flagged down and Islamic terrorism is drafted in. And of course, these are all stains on their respective religions. However, what is often ignored is technology and culture; how atheism and rationalism have also caused terrors and harms throughout the world. Now, I don’t want to turn…
We’ve got something a bit different today everyone, the first ever guest article on ThinkInPeach. Written by a friend of mine, Graeme Smith, I’m excited to share this, so – without further ado – let’s get into it. This is not a man cave, Keith… It’s called a workshop Guest article by Graeme Smith from THISISGRAEME. I like to make stuff. I’m a self-taught leatherworker and more recently I’ve started working with bone as well. …
Before we start today’s article I’d like to make you aware of my appearance on the ‘Auxoro Podcast.’ This was a fantastic chat and Zach was a great host. He came properly researched and, as a result, had a great line of questioning. If you want to hear an in depth look at my take on life and culture, check it out HERE or search for ‘Auxoro’ on your favourite podcast listening service. Also, I’d…
All societies are premised on some kind of narrative; a story which works to push and promote certain factions’ power. Whether beliefs about equality in Stalinist Russia propping up a bureaucratic elite, or dehumanising ethnic groups prior to slavery’s abolishment in America, all cultures have these purposeful stories. Where Western arrogance creeps in is seeing ours as different. Much of our corner of Twitter’s discourse is – either consciously or unconsciously – railing against these…
I tweeted a few days ago that if you are better today than this time last year, 2019 was a good year. The responses I got – both in comments and retweets overwhelmingly told me that many of my followers had. This is great news and I’m pleased others had the same experience as me; 2019 has easily been my most successful year to date. I set myself three main – although purposefully vague –…