: About Me

Currently I work as a translator the broad biomedical field. Prior to that, I spent many years as scientist and information specialist, specialising in in vitro methods in toxicology. I am educated to PhD level. 

I enjoy listening to many types of music except jazz and pop, and also play a bit of folk. I've travelled quite a bit around Europe and lived abroad for a while. 

I read voraciously. 

I am interested in many topics outside of my narrow scientific specialty and like to think of myself as a Renaissance person.

My passion is ...

Honesty

I know too much about ...

Marriage

My parents always told me ...

One day knowing Polish would come in useful. They were right.

My childhood ambition ...

To have my own house, because my parents always had to rent.

My favorite memory ...

Playing violin in a performance of Beethoven's Missa Solemnis.

Why I write ...

Why not?

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

Time is too precious to keep updating this answer!

My first job ...

Running a library in a sports science faculty when I was living abroad.

My best moment ...

Discovering I am happiest when free, independent and alone.

My inspiration ...

The beauty of the country which adopted me

Arts & Humanities > Poets & Poetry Which form of poetry is best for expressing passion: A sonnet or a villanelle?

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Is the villanelle is more suitable than the sonnet to express passion? My answer is yes, but with reservations. The word "passion", derived from the Latin word for suffering, is often used simply to describe mere enthusiasm. However, its basic meaning is intense emotion; the sort that can drive some people to kill others or themselves. Love, rage, hate, jealousy, religious fervor, grief and despair can all reach the level of passion. Love as passion is the state of being "sick with love", rather than simply "in love". Intense emotion feeds obsession. A thought-storm whirls inside the head,...

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