Mariel Torres

Watching Hell: Violence On-Screen

I sit there, my heart pounding, my fingers clutching my clothes without realising they are as the sound of guns continues… All I can think of is why? Why the hell are we watching this? Or better yet, why are we watching hell?

2021 Alternative New Year’s Resolutions

At the beginning of a year, people usually set goals for the new year that is starting. These goals usually include things like: start a new hobby, learn a new language, learn to play an instrument, lose weight, go to the gym, or maybe more specific goals like run a marathon, get into university, getContinue reading “2021 Alternative New Year’s Resolutions”

The Wandering Bookclub

Join The Wandering Bookclub: an online bilingual (English-Spanish) bookclub that meets monthly on Zoom to discuss books, connect, and have a good time.

My Visit to Oaxaca

I recently spent a few days in Oaxaca, one of the most-loved states in Mexico. I had visited Oaxaca before but this time I went with the purpose of connecting with the people and seeing their state through their eyes.

7 Top Tips to Start Meditating

There are so many benefits to meditation. However, even though I know it is good for me, I still struggled to do it everyday so I have compiled a list of the things that have helped me to meditate daily and I hope with all my heart that it can help someone else too.

The Commute: A London Poem

Step outside. It’s raining, nothing new. You take out the umbrella, you always have it with you.

“Once in a Blue Moon”: 7 Things to Do for this October Blue Moon

This year’s Halloween coincides with a Blue Moon, here are 7 things you can do to make the most of this day’s intense energy.

World Mental Health Day: Ophelia’s Flowers

Today on World Mental Health Day I visited the Tate Britain Museum in London and I was finally able to behold one of my favourite paintings of all time: John Millais’ Ophelia.

Walking through Doors: My Visit to the Jurassic Coast

I recently spent a few days in Dorset, in the south of England. I had never visited it before and I cannot think now why… It is so beautiful and it is definitely underrated.

Demons Within: Eckhart Tolle’s Pain-Body in Marvel’s Venom (2018)

The film Venom (2018), based on the character of Marvel Comics, hints at the concept of the pain-body introduced by spiritual master Eckhart Tolle in his world-renowned book The Power of Now.