Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

Released in 1964, the haunting melody of ‘The Sounds of Silence’ became a huge hit for Simon & Garfunkel. One line says; ‘But my words, like silent raindrops fell. And echoed, in the wells of silence.’ Silence they say is golden, yet for many of us in our relationship with God, silence can bring confusion…

Retrofit Definition: add (a component or accessory) to something that did not have it when manufactured. I love a good doco (documentary). While David Attenborough thrills us with the natural world, I think the doco’s I like the most are those that involve great engineering. Whether it’s impossibly high skyscrapers, massive ships or landing craft…

Sometimes profound and beautiful moments are captured so well in a film, that in the midst of horrific surrounding, these moments send a message that is not forgotten easily. I remember watching ‘Saving Private Ryan’ many years ago and my eyes filling with tears as the once young, but now much older Private Ryan stood…

Julie Andrews sang a fun little song about confidence in The Sound of Music.’ Click the link: Here’s a thought for us today. How’s your confident going? Are you confident? If so, confident in what? As an author and speaker I have the honour of standing before groups and communicating, I’m keenly aware that I…

Designing Tomorrowland Have you ever designed a house? I have, well sort of. Although I’m not a real architect and my roughly sketched dream home certainly would have needed some adjustments, I still had the idea. There it was, sitting posed at the edge of a high cliff over the ocean, complete with fully glassed…

I read a book recently called ‘Shackelton’s Epic.’ It’s a story of how a group decided to emulate for many, what is considered the greatest sea voyage of all time. In 1916, 6 men set out from remote Elephant Island, Antarctica for South Georgia Island in a 23foot life boat. A journey of over 800…