Culture
How the sixteen values appear in film, TV, books, music, myth, history, and art.
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Vitality · OECF
Zorba the Greek
Nikos Kazantzakis's Zorba is the fullest embodiment of vitality as philosophy: "Life is trouble. Only death is not."
Vitality · OECF
On the Road
Jack Kerouac. Vitality through movement, conversation, jazz, and the refusal to settle before you've seen everything.
Vitality · OECF
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Zora Neale Hurston's Janie Crawford claiming vitality as her birthright - the refusal to live a small life when a large one is possible.
Vitality · OECF
Like Water for Chocolate
Laura Esquivel's novel where a woman's vitality - her longing, her passion, her grief - transmits itself into the food she cooks. Aliveness as something that flows from person to person, whether you intend it or not.