It is interesting that I first heard about this concept only after eleven and a half years of running with music—from a twenty-seven-year-old national champion in paddleboarding. When I described to him what I experience during my morning runs, he simply...
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Forms of Steadfast Willpower
Petr Vitovsky <vitnet3@gmail.com> 4:26 (před 1 minutou) komu: eawickstrom On my website, I’ve written: "When steadfast willpower is lacking, there is music and technology." I’ve realized that this statement, based on my personal experience, may come across as...
The footbridge from Holešovice to Karlín.
Since 1980, I have continuously owned a device that can satisfy my eternal thirst for music wherever I am. So, for the past 43 years of my life, I have been able to indulge in music while walking, and of course, listening also enhances the environment in which...
The stock exchange of records in the time of happy tomorrows.
A huge aid in acquiring banned music during the regime was the technology in the form of a reel-to-reel tape recorder. I didn't have any trouble getting classical music. After saving up thirty-six Czechoslovak korunas, I could always buy another symphony by Ludwig van...
Bus to the Vanity Station.
I kind of counted on this happening someday. You know, when you spend some time going to anti-alcohol treatment centers and lecturing local patients on how they can break free from it too. It was to be expected that occasionally I'd come across someone for whom it...
Drug factory in the human body.
Why does a person, without any hint of strong will, get up early in the morning and go for a run? Over the course of ten years, they accumulate as many kilometers in their senior years as an athlete equipped with that very strong will? An athlete, often driven to...