Mondo Bizarre Magazine Entries, Raquel Pinheiro, The Listening Room HQ

From The Listening Room HQ – Adrenaline Cycles and the Crash

Tullio Crali, Le forze della curva, 1930

I conclude the The Listening Room HQ triad exploring the hidden physiology behind men’s patterns, choices, and resilience. The third post, Adrenaline Cycles and the Crash, looks at how high-intensity states and the following recovery shape the nervous system, emotional patterns, and capacity for integration.

This note follows the first two posts in the series on the magazine:

And it completes the triad of posts on The Listening Room HQ:

For more articles and ongoing notes from the practice, visit The Listening Room HQ.

Mondo Bizarre Magazine Entries, Raquel Pinheiro, The Polymath

Brett Anderson – Mayan Soul Map Synthesis – at The Polymath

Brett Anderson © Iorgis Matyassy

I’m sometimes asked what a Mayan Soul Map looks like, or what to expect from a reading that includes Mayan. I’m a member of The Mild Ones, a Suede fan community. Today, is Brett Anderson’s birthday, and I share a Mayan Soul Map Synthesis, exploring his Birth Kin, current cycle, Venus phase, and more on The Polymath’s site.

Here’s an excerpt of my Brett Anderson Mayan Soul Map Synthesis: “Brett’s birth essence holds a deep, crystalline clarity: the need to question, to refuse easy answers, and to stand as a voice of integrity for the collective. His life path is not solitary. Warrior at Crystal tone suggests that his strength is found in weaving himself into group purpose, holding vision within a wider band of seekers. Brett’s full Mayan Soul Map Synthesis can be read here.

untitled fragment – Raquel Pinheiro, 2025
Mondo Bizarre Magazine Entries, Raquel Pinheiro, The Listening Room HQ, The Polymath

Presence, Listening, Creation – A Polymath Manifesto | Listening Beyond the Noise – Twin Posts at The Polymath & The Listening Room HQ

Wassily Kandinsky – Points, 1920

Alongside the interview with Juliana Ferreira, we invite you to visit, read and explore The Polymath and The Listening Room HQ, me two new vessels that live on another frequency, and to read their recent twin posts.

Presence, Listening, Creation – A Polymath Manifesto where I write in The Polymath about being a Polymath in this time and age, creating a Polymath Manifesto.

And Listening Beyond the Noise, on The Listening Room HQ, that unveils the currents behind and beyond the relentless noise we are surrounded with. Here on a men’s practice vision, but that is transposable for everyone.

Mondo Bizarre Magazine Entries, Raquel Pinheiro, The Listening Room HQ

From the Listening to HQ – Sound and Tempo as Environment

Suzanne Holtom, Force Majeure, 2024

From The Listening Room HQ – Sound and Tempo as Environment

The Listening Room HQ continues its new triad exploring the hidden physiology behind men’s patterns, choices, and resilience. The second post, Sound and Tempo as Environment, looks at how rhythm — from music BPM to daily routines — shapes the nervous system and emotional expression.

This note follows the first post in the series on the magazine:

And sets the stage for the final post in the triad:

For more articles and ongoing notes from the practice, visit The Listening Room HQ.

Mondo Bizarre Magazine Entries, Raquel Pinheiro, The Listening Room HQ

From The Listening Room HQ – Epigenetics: How the Environment Writes on Body and Brain

Stuart Sutcliffe – Untitled, 1962

On The Listening Room HQ I continue the triad exploring the hidden physiology behind men’s patterns, choices, and resilience. The second post, Sound and Tempo as Environment, looks at how rhythm — from music BPM to daily routines — shapes the nervous system and emotional expression.

This note follows the first post in the series on the magazine:

And it sets the stage for the final post in the triad:

For more articles and ongoing notes from the practice, visit The Listening Room HQ.

Mondo Bizarre Magazine Entries, Raquel Pinheiro, The Polymath

On Polymath – Hildegard von Bingen as a Source of Continuous Inspiration

Hildegard von Bingen – Visions

Hildegard von Bingen has been a source of wonder for me – and for countless others – across the centuries. Her life and work span theology, music, natural science, and creative practice, and her integrated approach to knowledge still resonates deeply today. For example on Hildegard von Blingin’ s cover of Chappell Roan’s Pink Pony Club.

On my second post on The Polymath I explore how her visionary thinking continues to inspire ways of living and working as a polymath, and how her example invites us to connect the threads of our own diverse interests. Read more about Hildegard von Bingen as a Source of Continuous Inspiration here:

Mondo Bizarre Magazine Entries, Raquel Pinheiro, The Listening Room HQ

From the Listening Room – Mapping Midlife: A Practical Diagram of the Male Midlife Crisis

Vincent van Gogh, Green Wheat Fields, Auvers, 1890

I close my four-part series on male midlife thresholds and midlife crisis with a practical, diagram-style guide
in The Listening Room HQ : Mapping Midlife: A Practical Diagram of the Male Midlife Crisis.

This final note gathers the series’ language and tools into an easy-to-scan map of stages and fork points — intended as a practical aid for noticing where you are, what choices appear, and how to move through midlife with clearer intention and integrity.

Earlier Mondo Bizarre Magazine notes in this series:

The full series as published on The Listening Room HQ:

For the complete set and ongoing notes from the practice, visit The Listening Room HQ.

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My site The Polymath – Me as a Polymath

Johannes Vermeer – Officer and Laughing Girl – 1658

On Being a Polymath is my first post on The Polymath my site on being a Polymath and all things Polymathic.

On Being a Polymath is a post about exploring curiosity, depth, and the art of connecting ideas at the heart of being a Polymath. Polymath is a space, for my endless curiosity on a number of subjects.

On Polymath creative lives, maps, and readings that illuminate threads often unseen are explored. Each reflection is an invitation—to expand perspective, engage intuition, and cultivate resonance across disciplines.

Whether you are a musician, writer, artist, or thinker, the journey is about integrating insight, practice, and imagination. Polymath journeys through tools, readings, and reflections that support your exploration and inspire your own creative path, as well as mine.Polymath is a companion of The Listening Room HQ, that also has a dedicated area to maps & readings.