Loving Freezing Cold

I alsolutely LOVE winter, cold, snow, ice, frost, etc. 

I love the beauty of winter and the feeling of cold. 

Sounds weird? Apparently, I'm not alone in my admiration of winter.

My today's discovery: a book called "Cold: Adventures in the World’s Frozen Places" by Bill Streever. Here is a nice review of this book.  

Short stories from the 2013 Nobel Prize Winner

Well, Haruki Murakami didn't get the Nobel Prize in Literature this year. The winner was announced today. The Nobel Prize in Literature 2013 was awarded to Alice Munro "master of the contemporary short story". I've never read her short stories before, but now I will. Here is the link to read her short stories for free.

Etsy Art Inspiration

I'm a huge fan of handmade art! Etsy (http://www.etsy.com/) is great website for artists and for people who like unique peices of art. Personally, I've been visiting Etsy for several years already, and I always find something inspiring there.

Today I accidentally came across this short video about Etsy.

Etsy blog might be useful too. In this article they give some advice for creative people starting to sell their work.

How to be creative

"Cognitive Psychology is interesting" - I understood this in the process of writing my first Master thesis in 2009-2011. Since then I haven't been doing any special research in Psychology, but mind science still fascinates me. The notion of creativity is well explained in this great video by PBSoffbook. If you're interested you might want to subscribe to their YouTube channel. I already did! :-)