Danish: Happiest People on Earth (Again)

Listened to Dan Buettner. He spoke about Mexican town and Aarhus Denmark as happy places.

Danish. Ah the danish, happiest people on earth again.

Tolerant, Relaxed, Introverted.

Policies that engender face to face social interaction.

Clubs that a paid for by the government.

Ambition is not highly praised. You are better than nobody else. People taxed very highly. Everybody is taxed to the mean. 5 million people engaged in job that promote flow.

Danes high taxes but things that cause us a lot of worry are erased out life.

Happiness is about taking out the worry about your life.

If I get sick, they are covered.
If they get old, they are covered.

One set of characteristics that are unique is family and community.

Common denominator of well-being.

What sort of things that accompany the happiest people on earth? TRUST AND SECURITY.

Status equality. Freedom is important but access to leisure and family stability and structure make a keen difference.

The Danes  get to learn new things everyday.

They have enough money and socializing, socializing and socializing face to face.

Set up the environment so that you can be happy.

COMMUNITY
WHERE YOU LIVE
WORK PLACE
SOCIAL NETWORK
OPTIMAL AMOUNT OF MONEY TO MAKE ($80K NO MORE HAPPINESS AFTER THAT)
HOME (ONE TV) - 45 MINS A DAY

SELF: Know sense of purpose and place to put your talents to use.

HEALTH.

POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY. Make changes to environment.

It's not the gear, It's the Imagination

Why not?

Charlie the Turtle

One of the kids of our friend R & G told us about Charlie the turtle.

"What happened to Charlie?"
Sri goes disappointingly, "he went away..."
"What do you mean?"

"Daddy let him go for a walk.."

Her mom told us that R and his high school friends in the middle of the night with flashlights go to the garden and try to search for Charlie in vain.

Nada.

Turtle want their freedom too.

I wonder what ever happened to the brown little turtle, who knows?

Never let your turtle go out for a walk. Unless you intend to watch him =)

Italian Photographer Federica Erra

Check out more of her work on Flickr and looking forward to her interview soon. 


Federica Erra Flickr page

Serenity of Architectural Photography

I love photographing people but sometimes the surreal and sublime photo of an interior space can make you pause.

This photo I took at the Seafront is one of the interiors that conjures memories. At home, we didn't have a staircase as large as this one but it was a full-fledged spiral staircase. For those who know the house, it connected the master to the "batcave".  Yes, the batcave was my father's home office. It had tons of books and an office desk. It housed his many awards and had a large TV. For the kids, it was the rec room.

Walking through this interior space and taking a quick snap -- gush of happy memories. Yes, another time tunnel.

Space, light, form and function it's different for different people as we have triggers that help us feel home.

Trust you can find your interior spaces and triggers.

It's good to think about the stuff that matter and if you can configure your home or at least take photos of what reminds you of home -- that's half the fun right there.

Creativity

I've been thinking about how people can learn how to be creative.

Don't think it is either you are or you are not type of deal. Think everyone can be creative but I may be wrong.

Everyday is Saturday

Some images from today. Sky wanted to rain but didn't. Nearly an hour or two walking about.

It's good to just relax for a change.

Wish everyday is Saturday.

Dear Photograph by Taylor Jones

I've been following photographer Taylor Jones for some time.

I saw the news one day which featured Taylor who like many innovative photographers had a simply great idea. Take old photos and revisit the scene once again.

It went viral and the rest is history.

Taylor is coming out with the book on May 8th, entitled Dear Photograph.

There's just something about this which is so beautiful. It reminds us about one of the many things photography can be, a time tunnel portal.

Photos can bring us back.

I certainly want to do my own "Dear Photograph" project and just see how it goes.

We only have little time in the world. Remembering the good times is certainly good use of time.

Check out Dear Photograph and read through the captions sent by people from all over. There are memories and emotions that are shared which we can all relate to.

Everyone wants to time travel.

Photography can take you there. Just give in.