By Lida Prypchan There is a good chance that everything that is public will be destroyed partially or entirely. What is clear is that what little is given for the benefit of the community is in bad condition. It can be seen everywhere, the buses, the universities, the walls of the …
May 2013 archive
Are There Only Happy Moments?
By Lida Prypchan In a fashion magazine, an article appeared about depression, and at the end it said, “how to be happy again.” In order to find happiness again, they recommended, in addition to a good diet and being careful with the use of stimulants, to “take a short and fast walk or …
The Judgment
By Lida Prypchan Story by Franz Kafka “The Judgment” is a story by the Prague-born author Franz Kafka, creator of a theme critical to the literature of our time, the author of the absurd: the Kafkaesque world is represented by K (protagonist in the novels), a solicitous employee that takes everything lightly and …
Richard Wagner
By Lida Prypchan Wagner was a musician, poet, and a man with faith in his qualities and his work. He was born on May 22, 1813 in the city of Leipzig, Germany. His father died 6 months after his birth. His mother remarried to an intelligent and educated man with a special …
There are more men than women: Are you a Psychopath?
By Lida Prypchan The triple I is the answer: Impulsiveness + Instability + Inability to Adapt to One’s Environment Usually, one associates the sociopath (psychopathic or antisocial personality) with delinquency. Many others associate it with sexual offenders. There will be a few or many cases, but it is known that not …
Attitudes Regarding the Mentally Ill
By Lida Prypchan Many of my master classes are given at the Bárbula Psychiatric Hospital. When entering the psychiatric hospital the students already expected to see some of the mentally ill residing there asking for money. The response is always laughter and giggles. There is a patient who usually comes up from the back or …
The Fisherman and His Soul
A Tale by Oscar Wilde Every afternoon, the young fisherman went to the sea and cast his nets, but in vain as he caught nothing or very little at best. Then there came a black-winged cruel wind, and the stormy waves rose up to meet him. What little he would catch he sold in the …
The Feeling of Guilt
By Lida Prypchan There will always be someone who writes about civilization, who criticizes it, who calls it the “Present Shakiness” as J.F. Baena Reyes, who, in his column Lipstick, branded the world in which we move about as a “viscous quagmire of confusion.” And not without good reason. We are in the …
The Don Juan
By Lida Prypchan For a woman, taking a walk through the streets of Valencia is a bit of an annoyance, not because of the walk itself, but due to the attitude towards her taken by many of the male inhabitants circulating through the city. This eagerness to talk to women, to say unpleasant …
Looking for Meaning in Life
By Lida Prypchan There are two images we have from the Middle Ages: Both, though internally opposed, form a truth because they address without fear the virtues and defects of an era distant from us. It would be a mistake to accept with passion and zealotry only one of them. Its real significance …
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