Calvin Magezi

Calvin Magezi

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Thoughts, tutorials, and insights about web development

Emotional States as Transitional Objects

Thought Provoking

Emotional States as Transitional Objects

I was going to title this post "Emotional Relapse" because I've been trying to figure out how to articulate why I sometimes find myself so easily washed...

Read More6/2/2021
Control Drama’s

Thought Provoking

Control Drama’s

Control drama’s is an interesting concept I came across while reading The Celestine Prophecy. It was an interesting fictional book with a good amount of suspense...

Read More5/21/2021
Two Rocks and a Fire

Thought Provoking

Two Rocks and a Fire

As a beginner in software development, I can’t help but feel like an imposter sometimes. You do a code along, at the end you have this amazing program/website...

Read More11/18/2020
Unpacking Attention/Confirmation Bias

Thought Provoking

Unpacking Attention/Confirmation Bias

I’ve always heard about confirmation bias and selective hearing but have never gone in depth or heard someone else go in depth to explain what is actually happening hear...

Read More10/12/2020
I Hear Bees

Poetry

I Hear Bees

I hear bees buzzing but I can’t see them. I wonder if they know how deeply I admire them. From early morning, till not too late into the day, they work harder than anybody...

Read More9/8/2020
Stop Setting Conditions For Your Happiness

Thought Provoking

Stop Setting Conditions For Your Happiness

Attachment is a concept that’s not so easy to retain and understand fully. Words can point you in the direction towards your attachments so as to help you realize what is...

Read More9/8/2020
I Planted Roses That Never Grew

Poetry

I Planted Roses That Never Grew

She loves me. She loves me not. I plucked a petal from the rose, and had a thought: I thought of how we planted a rose in the garden of our hearts. But she...

Read More9/4/2020
Love or Worship

Religion

Love or Worship

Do you think God is more concerned about whether we are better at loving or at worshipping? I’m going to be ambitious and claim that they may be more atheists and agnostics...

Read More9/4/2020
Could you be an eagle?

Short Story

Could you be an eagle?

“A man found an eagle’s egg and put it in a nest of a barnyard hen. The eaglet hatched with the brood of chicks and grew up with them. All his life the eagle did what the barnyard chicks did, thinking he was...

Read More9/3/2020
Learning to Garden In The Dark

Thought Provoking

Learning to Garden In The Dark

Learning to Garden in the dark is a concept/task I've decided to try fully take on. Gardening in the dark when I break down the metaphoric meaning of the term means a few things to me...

Read More8/31/2020