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Sorina Dumitru

you ever think about how your creativity contributes to culture?

Published 6 months ago • 1 min read

This is for Mom

She told me she misses the newsletter

I promised you I wasn't going to send you anything unless there was something relevant to say. I kept my promise. Over the past 7 weeks I was in mid and high intensity business classes, parallel to client work. I made new friends! I can also teach you new stuff now (if you let me, of course). I promise I'll tell you all about it.

Now, the articles below are more journaling sessions than articles per se. Just to keep mom in the loop with what's going on. You can probably tell by reading the articles, I still go to the book store almost every evening. In the ideal Muslim society, justice and education are the highest virtues. Masha'Allah.

Fall Struggles

Culture vs. Civilization

An unedited rambling on what the human expression is, both individually as well as organised in a society. No actionable steps here.

The Immaculate Creativity

This is an a-ha moment I had two nights ago, seeing the crescent moon over Dubai.

The Artist's Way

You know what, have fun with this! You don't have to be an artist to be eligible for creative blocks. All you have to do is exist in this world in order to have fun with this book. It's cute.

I guess this whole newsletter is about our inevitable participation (and sometimes contribution) to culture, inevitably shaped by civilization and how to keep a creative edge while doing so.

Peace!

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Sorina Dumitru

Architecture PhD | Business Advisory | Value Creation

The topics will be mostly about leadership, economics, and operational/strategic growth. Exits or Funding Rounds. Free books included. Yeah I was in Forbes but that was a long time ago.

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