Yury Liavitski

The Art of Living - A satirical lifestyle concept generator.

A satirical lifestyle concept generator. On each visit, discover a new exotic foreign philosophy for completely mundane activities.

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Yury Liavitski
Hello makers! I've recently read an article on BBC about the supposedly Dutch art of "Dusking". It's a "nightly ritual whereby families sit in their apartment watching sunlight turn into dusk". It impressed me by how ridiculous this claim is. A simple human thing to do (saving on electricity cost until it is dark enough in the evening) was presented as an ethnic revelation. So naturally I wanted to create a website that allows you to view this sorts of concepts from all countries around the world. Enjoy!
Martí Carmona Serrat

Are the generated philosophies completely random or do they follow some pattern based on real cultural practices? Love the humor behind this, well done!

Yury Liavitski

@mcarmonas thanks, glad you like it :)

The idea is that we take a common thing all humans do (like having dinner with friends outside), then pick a random country, pick a word in that country's language and pretend that this is a lifestyle concept unique to that country.

Erich Hixson

beautiful aesthetic. after visiting I had to spend some time practicing the Kiwi art of haere tonu (continuing on with my day as usual after having encountered something enjoyable)

Yury Liavitski

@erich_hixson21 thank you Erich!