Existentialism is a philosophical school of thought that deals with human existence, trying to explain the purpose of a human life. Existentialism, like many other schools of thought, is of course only a speculation and something we made up, take what you read here with a pinch of salt ( after all, I don't know any more about life than you do! ) If I were to try to explain existentialism easily, I'm afraid I'll lose out on its intricacies, but I'll give it a shot anyway. Existentialism, at its most fundamental level, says that every person is responsible for defining their own purpose in this world and that we are governed by our free will. Existentialism says that we are not here to 'find purpose', but rather to 'create our reality and purpose'. It sounds simple, but that's because I've tried to break down roughly a few centuries worth of study and philosophical evolution into four sentences. Existentialism originated as a school o...
Zack Hemsey has quickly become of my favorite musicians, in the span of nearly 2-3 months. While his name is not well-known, his work is massively popular, only if you know where to look . Many of you may have seen his name mentioned in my last blog, but probably didn't check him out. Haha, your loss. (I get a lot of flack for my musical taste, but whatever.) You may recognize his work from big-time movies and TV shows like Inception and Game of Thrones, if you're listening, carefully. Zack is a recording artist and songwriter whose most prominent body of work is composing movie/trailer scores. That's not all he is, though. When he's not composing orchestral tracks, he's publishing intriguing and periodical singles on his website and Youtube Channel . The reason he's become one of my favorites is because of how different yet novel his style and content are. When you hear rapper nowadays, you immediately associate allusions to being drunk/high, weirdly s...