Spiegeloog 438: Chaos

Bacchus: Chaos in our time

The daily liturgy of conversation for our generation is rooted in a familiar fatigue. We are the insecure survivors of a pandemic who find ourselves…

Shriya BangMay 16, 2025

Society Spiegeloog 438: Chaos

The Unbearable Speed of Being: Acceleration of Modern Society & Mental Chaos

How often do you lie awake with the feeling that you could’ve done more, even though you already did so much? When was the last…

Mykolas UndzenasMay 14, 2025

Science Spiegeloog 438: Chaos

Crowds – Structures of Chaos

Are crowds forces of disorder, unpredictable and dangerous? Or are they governed by hidden patterns and structured systems that we simply fail to recognize? At…

Hanna NiedlMay 9, 2025

Art Affairs Spiegeloog 438: Chaos

Art Affairs: From Structure to Chaos

There is a moment, somewhere halfway through the Kandinsky exhibition at H’ART Museum, Amsterdam, where you wonder if you’re still seeing the paintings of a…

Arya MallikMay 5, 2025

Culture Spiegeloog 438: Chaos

Music without Music? – Finding Beauty in Chaos

Music is an artform that everyone recognizes but would be hard-pressed to define. It is frequently described as a way of communication that is aesthetically…

Anika KorobkovMay 2, 2025

Culture Spiegeloog 438: Chaos

Polarized Obsessions: a Clinical & Sociological View on the Unhealthy Fixation with Order and Chaos

“The question of what you own is actually the question of how you want to live” – Marie Kondo From OCD to hoarding, from minimalist…

Sandra HernándezApril 30, 2025

Spiegeloog 438: Chaos Tabula Rasa

Tabula Rasa: The White Shroud

Antanas Škėma was a Lithuanian writer, playwright and actor, commonly referred to as the father of Lithuanian modernism. Living and suffering through two world wars,…

Mykolas UndzenasApril 28, 2025

Athena Spiegeloog 438: Chaos

Athena: Is a Cluttered Desk really a Sign of a Cluttered Mind?

If there’s one thing my mother was strict about growing up, it was keeping my space organized. She would often repeat, "A messy desk is…

Nora KeloglanianApril 25, 2025

Society Spiegeloog 438: Chaos

Healing in a Broken World: Mental Health as a Social Issue

We treat mental health like an individual problem – something to be fixed with therapy, medication, or resilience. But what if that’s only half the…

Evita ShresthaApril 21, 2025

Science Spiegeloog 438: Chaos

Embracing the Edge of Chaos: What Nature and Criticality Can Teach Us About Resilience

In the beginning—before thought, before words, before meaning—there was matter and there was chaos. Then, at some forgotten moment in time, a shift occurred: chaos…

Isabella HanaApril 18, 2025

Spiegeloog 438: Chaos Words to Start

Words to Start: Parallel Echoes

I dream I am an ant trapped in a human body: My arms feel too long, and the bipedal mechanism eludes me. I search for…

Taymara TimckeApril 16, 2025

Spiegeloog 438: Chaos

Spiegeloog 438: ‘Chaos’ – Editorial

Dear readers, Life seldom unfolds according to plan. Unexpected events, sudden changes, and unforeseen challenges are constants in our journey. Chaos in psychology is everywhere…

Shriya Bang and Jules KotowiczApril 14, 2025