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Traditional Chinese painting of a woman resting on a chair in a pavilion by a pond with ducks and lotus flowers.

Creativity

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To be creative, Chinese philosophy teaches us to abandon ‘originality’

Whether grieving a death or connecting to colleagues, creativity enables an artful life, according to Chinese philosophy

by Julianne Chung

Ancient Roman fresco depicting a nude couple in an intimate pose on a bed, with faded hues on a textured background.

Sex and sexuality

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What rude jibes about Caesar tell us about sex in ancient Rome

‘Every woman’s man and every man’s woman’ was a slur Julius Caesar’s political opponents levied. What did it mean?

by Aven McMaster

Black-and-white photo of two judokas; one is throwing the other who is airborne with legs up, set against a wooden background.

Sports and games

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Softness controls hardness – a fighter’s gentle approach to life

Directed by Josef Reeve

Miniature painting of two men in traditional Persian attire, standing in a garden surrounded by trees with floral accents.

Virtues and vices

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Persianate ‘adab’ involves far more than elegant manners

Across 13th- to 19th-century Persianate culture, ‘adab’ meant more than manners – it was proper social and aesthetic form

by Mana Kia

A muslim woman in a colourful orange sari reaches up to touch a decorative panel above a shrine

Mental health across cultures

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Why a Sufi approach to healing mental illness is so powerful

In Sufi shrines, rituals offer sufferers a path beyond the fear and isolation of their mental distress

by Bhrigupati Singh

A seal sitting on green grass near the ocean with an upside-down group of people and buildings in the background.

Place

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Journey to the Bering Sea in search of a deep ‘not knowing’

Directed by Sky Hopinka

Stone statue of Buddha with serene expression and draped robes, backs onto a circular halo, displayed against a dark background.

Symbols and myth

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Why the first Buddhas in art wore finely folded Greek tunics

How the iconography of Greek art influenced the development of an increasingly standardised image of the Buddha in India

by Garrett Ryan

A reflection of religious statues and a minaret tower in a glass window, with a painting of Jesus Christ faintly visible in the foreground.

Spirituality and religion

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One good way to understand religion is to break it apart

To understand what religion means, don’t reach for the dictionary. Better that you take it apart, break it, even throw it away

by Joseph Blankholm