Latest Stories
Most recently published stories in Humans.
Cultivating Creativity
I could make art every day for the rest of my life, and never run out of ideas. Not only have I learned to draw in many styles, to use paints and charcoal and a multitude of materials, but I have trained myself to see limitless inspiration.
Ellen StedfeldPublished 3 years ago in HumansIt's All About Eve
Bette Davis is one of the most famous actresses in history. She was beautiful, eccentric with an unusual sense of humour and in her own words: “I love my profession. I would never stop. Relax? I relax when I work. It’s my life.”
Ruth Elizabeth StiffPublished 3 years ago in HumansThe Importance of Building a Connection With People
Building a connection with people has its benefits. The benefits of building a connection with people are based on having the life skills you need in order to become effective in connecting ties with people. So why is building a connection with people important; and how will this have an impact on how we deal with situations in our personal, professional, and any areas in our life? Regardless of whether you're in any place in your life, developing the skill of connecting ties is crucial to becoming more effective in what you’re doing. It doesn’t matter what we’re doing because connecting with people is one of the key components that will get you to excel. It doesn’t even need to be relevant to the workplace. It could be in our personal life in the context of having a strong relationship with our family and friends. It could even be business. Whatever it is, it’ll help you to become more of your better self the more you develop a bond.
Hannan MuzeyenPublished 3 years ago in HumansThe Answer Is... Review
Just before Jeopardy host Alex Trebek died, he wrote a book. He had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, and the statistics told him he probably wouldn't live much longer. He fought for as long as he possibly could, getting through tapings in immense pain and going back and forth about how he felt trying to fight something that might be pointless. He initially didn't think he would ever want to write a book, but eventually realized he had a lot to say about his life experiences. He wanted to publish something from the original source so that facts of his life weren't stretched out of proportion, and he wanted to keep making a positive impact during the time he struggled the most. He acknowledges in the opening of the book that he is not a writer by any stretch of the imagination, but that doesn't matter. The Answer Is... encapsulates the voice of a laid-back conversationalist reliving his life's story through simple anecdotes, and for a book like this, that is absolutely perfect.
Jamie LammersPublished 3 years ago in HumansCommunity
Where did the first humans begin their human journey? What differentiates us from other beings? How are we set apart? Those first bones that are classified to have shifted from simply mammal, into the beginnings of “human” are the ones where a break has occurred within the bone, but, the break has healed. Rather than letting the wounded being fall behind from its break, somehow, it was cared for and tended in place giving it a chance for the break to mend. Who found food for it to eat while it was mending? Who kept it warm and dry, or cool and watered? What transpired in order for a wounded creature who could not care for itself to survive in the harsh world of the first humanoids?
Emily QuandtPublished 3 years ago in HumansYou Can Call Me Boomer
I was born at the tail end of the Baby Boomer Generation. A child of the 60's, a youth of the 70's, and an eventual mother of Generation X, Y, and Z-ers, aka Millennials. Of course these are all labels, and usually soundly dismissed by myself and my offspring, unless they are being incorporated as joke fodder. Which happens, honestly. Because funny is good. Humor can be a great connecting point, when used respectfully. When used to unite, rather than divide.
Peggy LaRee ParkerPublished 3 years ago in HumansThe Hermit, an audio anthology
Let me give you the layout. Downstairs there is a throng of people singing in candlelight to my youngest brother. He’s eighteen now and glowing in the love of the family around him. At least, that’s how I imagine it went. Just three minutes before the singing and candle lighting commenced, I was sitting close to my dad, watching as aunts, uncles, and cousins surrounded him. Just then I felt something drop in my chest all the way down to my stomach. It was like someone flipped off the lights and the internal offices of my mind went dark. I felt a subtle swirling in my stomach and my breath quickened. I stood out of my chair and slipped as quietly as I could up the stairs, behind the crowd, as erratic gasps heaved in my chest and I felt a buzzing sensation creep from the back of my head forward until my face tingled with overwhelming energy. Afraid of the sudden, visceral loss of control I threw myself into the corner of a room far enough from the stairs to hide my breakdown.
Benny ShlesingerPublished 3 years ago in HumansThe Emergence of A New World
Hello everyone, My name is….. not so much of importance as the love, life and need to create I cannot contain, to share it with the world around me in hopes that it may expand, regenerate & fill voids.
"Ask the Animals"
Since antiquity, man has wanting to talk with animals. Yet if one says they are able to, as in hearing them, speaking with them, and getting pictures transferred like a motion picture, then one is called a freak, weirdo, liar, new ager or basic lunatic…
DolphingirlPublished 3 years ago in HumansCustom Craft Kits
I'm a Textile Designer and colours have always inspired me. They are the first thing I think of when starting with something new and the sight of a good colour combination or pattern always fills me with joy. I believe each colour is responsible for eliciting a very specific cognitive response in most people, which is why I find generic offerings in large craft stores very depressing. They range from circus brights to lonely cat lady greys. Most craft materials are in very odd shades that would bring no joy to anyone. There are a million beautiful shades on planet to be inspired from and it always surprises me when I am offered so little in choice.
Your JEDI Concierge
Justice. Diversity. Equity. Inclusion. These are all buzzwords that you have likely heard at some point in time throughout the years, more so in the past year. I can't say I am not thrilled to see a rise in the awareness of social justice issues that have plagued marginalized communities for hundreds of years. However, it certainly makes you wonder if these "advances" are performative in nature–which would do more harm than good. On that note of "good", this isn't to say that individuals should strive to be good or perfect if they embark on this journey of justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion (JEDI). Instead, aiming to be good-ish yet genuine is a more realistic way of approaching this. Good-ish? I know you might be confused as you wonder what this means. Well, identifying as a good person, means you will likely, at some point, view yourself as someone who is free of bias and mistakes. By thinking this way, you may cloud your judgment and perpetuate the very thing you committed to eliminating. If you position yourself as someone who is good-ish, you'll be cognizant of the fact that you have blind spots and will more likely address them. Anyone who sees themself as being good-ish, would likely thrive in the online community of allies that I wish to create to bring about awareness and collaboratively come up with possible solutions to these social justice issues.
DonziikinzPublished 3 years ago in HumansMy passions
I do have many passions and somehow It is very difficult to separate one from another as I need to do them all to feel complete in the way that I choose the language how to communicate and how to express myself. The more I actually work on one I tend to discover the new over and over again. One of my biggest passion is painting that for many years now I do in a very limited way as of lacking enough support for it. So I usually create it from a medium that I can afford and usually it leads me to find new ways how to deal with it and how to approach it. My ways of painting differ a lot with years and as It is abstract painting the environment the people around me the place and the medium I can use have a huge impact on how it directs my way of gestures into it. It is a kind of suffering when you need to focus on many different things in life instead to go for your very first passion that creates who you are and how you live. Not having financial freedom doesn't let you speak through it as clearly and as progressing as you wish too as you need to stop and make pauses that often leads to starting things over and over again from the new. I think it is my strongest of passions where I can fully dive into discovering myself my connection with this world and people. It is kind of an archieve of experience to live in this world. Besides the traditional way of paintings, I create digital art that I call digital paintings or murals or patterns. It is one of the ways that let me express and dive into the idea of expressing the virtual life and experience of it even the everyday impact of things on me. The making of digital paintings by me lead me to actually also create patterns from mural and design I turn to surface designer for clothes and home decor. However, creating patterns daily for many years I can not say I am earning my living with it. The fashion world is one of my main drive and was at first even to my paintings approach at first as of digital painting and pattern surface making I turn to create things differently and leave the painting for its true abstract way of experiencing the real. While in digital painting I create more the analytical way of seeing the world. Nevertheless non of these two are monetized or bringing me any good income to survive in this world. I just need to create daily to digest this world people emotions and tell things in a different way of viewing and gathering the knowledge.