PROMYTH

Make.Every.Breath.Count

Welcome back to another release of this ProMyth.

I think it’s time I explain to you the meaning behind this name (I will keep it short and sweet, like a batch of pumpkin cookies covered in almond butter - thank me later).

I love telling stories, in any form and shape. I grew up watching Spielberg movies and dreaming to become a movie Director and reading a comic called Dylan Dog where the sidekick of Dylan, the main character, Groucho, inspired by Grouch Marks, used to tell jokes throughout the story. The comedic relief, you know.

Well, since I was a kid I used to memorise and tell those jokes to friends to see how they reacted. It helped a lot with social skills (and learning how to throw punchlines).

Movies, comics and a looot of books are the 3 things that defined my childhood, and most books were about (you guessed it) stories.

I used to devour ancient myths from old civilisations (I was obsessed with greek mythology and Prometheus) and since I was a kid, I understood that if you want people to remember things well, you have to tell them a story they won’t forget.

So take a seat around the bonfire, today we are talking about…

Potassium

Back in the days, when the tribe was gathering around a fireplace right after the sun set to listen in awe to new story at the comfort of the flame and the average Joe could look up and name any start in the firmament, there was the habit of burning plants, any plants, throw them in a pot with boiling water, and after skimming the ashes coming afloat, you would be left with a white residue known as potash (pot-ash).

Potash has been used for millenia to make anything from soap, fertiliser, glass and bleach. Then in 1807 an english chemist figured out that this vegetable alkali contained an unknown element which he called (drumroll) pot ash ium.

You need potassium for a wide range of things and your cells need it to thrive (the good old sodium potassium pump).

Also, according to a study, a 1640mg increase per day in potassium intake was associated with 21% reduction in stroke risk.

Regardless of the thousands times I was told to eat bananas for potassium intake or to fight off cramps (I’ve been falling for that monkey business of marketing and deception my all childhood) bananas perform very poor if looked through the potassium scale.

I made a video about it → the biggest sources of potassium (in 30 seconds or less).

Books I’m reading

Back in 2013 I started doing street photography in multiple cities around the world, interviewing strangers and freezing the fleeting moment in time.
Humans of New York is the book that inspired me to start.
Mesmerising is an understatement.

What I’m watching (again)

Dune 
Tomorrow night I will watch it again with some childhood friends (which makes it my 3rd of 4th round so far). This third attempt of bringing this masterpiece to the world in technicolour (this attempt is from Dennis Villeneuve’s) is one of the greatest cinema experience you will get yourself through. Frank Herbert developed the idea after exposing himself to psilocybin (magic mushrooms). That’s why the blue eyes, like the shades of the mushrooms. Moreover, Dune ‘inspired’ Star Wars. More like copypasta. Yes, get over it die hard fans.

Music I’m listening to

Rhum Rage - Sticky Fingers: this brings good memories. I remember listening to this song in Perth’s arena, watching the lead singer from the sidelines, stopping the concert and saying ‘guys I know we are in Perth, but keep it down with the doobies’ after noticing multiple clouds of smoke rising from among the crowd.
You gotta love Australia.

Tools I’m using

I received this MOUS cover for my Iphone today. I tested my previous one (not willingly) on an iphone 7, and it works wonders exactly like marketed.

Quote that stuck

"We must let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept the one that is waiting for us."

James Campbell - Author of The Hero with a Thousand Faces