Archive - Haec Cogitate

Congratulate yourself every day...

We are many of us extremely familiar with those things which folk have to do which form a key part of basic mental health – e.g. get up in the morning…

Sep 21, 2023 •

Arif Ghostwriter

June 2023

They spend their lives taking your tears away - only to give them back to you in one go. We will almost all of us experience the passing of family…

Jun 15, 2023 •

Arif Ghostwriter

May 2023

We've all emigrated to Earth

I was reading Helen Russell’s The Year of Living Danishly (an excellent audiobook by the way - read beautifully and humourously by the author herself…

May 29, 2023 •

Arif Ghostwriter

January 2023

Funerals are too late - take part in your loved ones' death process itself

How many funerals have you been to? I've been to a fair few now. In all of these - you get all this energy gathered in one place, for one person. People…

Jan 30, 2023 •

Arif Ghostwriter

Depression isn't what we think it is

Important note - this is a philosophical piece, not medical! This all started when I was quite ill recently with what I call a 'lethargy bug' - one…

Jan 8, 2023 •

Arif Ghostwriter

September 2022

A new thought on why 'nature' is good for us

It’s the new health mantra isn’t it? ‘Walk in nature’ — and obtain multiple health benefits. As a photographer, I do a lot of walking in nature. I’ve…

Sep 7, 2022 •

Arif Ghostwriter

A new perspective

Imagine for a moment that you find yourself waking up in a strange and magical place. It could be as quotidian as your own bedroom - but there is a…

Sep 7, 2022 •

Arif Ghostwriter

The Water Cycle - visualised

Rarely do we get to witness (notice) geography at work like this

Sep 7, 2022 •

Arif Ghostwriter

On the nature of consciousness

We might have it wrong - still

Sep 7, 2022 •

Arif Ghostwriter

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