“Ille solus nescit omnia” — With the collapse of the Berlin Wall, a dramatic and once unimaginable occurrence that was to be followed by the even more incredible collapse of the ‘evil empire’, the concept of the West began to lose its prominence. It was natural, so to speak, for with the disintegration of the…

Supongo que me habíais creido muerto. Lo estuve — fue una metamorfosis fácilmente lograda como cualquier otra transmutación — y ahora he regresado, un eco percoloso que emerge a la superficie: he trascendido. El silencio se ha debido a una perdidad lingüística — perdí la habilidad de exteriorizar mi ser: todo aquello que pienso sentir.…

El ser humano desea la inmortalidad, deseo que nace quizá del miedo o del egoismo, emociones producidas por la inexistencia: en sí, es una cuestión ontológica, télica. Tal vez ambas emociones afligen al hombre, pero aparte del paroxismo de miedo y de pavor, es un deseo necesario: intrínseco. La tendencia hacia la reproducción de la…

I am under the impression that last night I suffered an existential crisis — a moment when my mind was paralyzed with feeling. However, I am not sure if crisis is the proper mot to describe l’incident since I did not experience fear nor did I find myself in any difficulties. Naturally one would be…

I am always mystified by the assumption that the New Testament is the succesor of the Torah, though ‘supersede’ is technically the proper term. Generally speaking, Christians will avoid stating that the New Testament supersedes the Torah, opting for ‘successor’. It is a prudent choice, for it does not suggest the Torah’s irrelevancy, its fatuous…

Yesterday I found myself in Lisburn, a small town situated south of Belfast; though it was not my intended destination. I was headed to Hillsborough, once the seat of power for Northern Ireland. I had imagined that Hillsborough would retain some of those qualities, that I had erroneously and optimistically applied to the whole of…

He awakens to the susurrations of a silly lullaby; a woman attempts anew to placate her lachrymose baby — he is stretched between her arms. His fists rise violently, defiantly into the air. He won’t relinquish consciousness and succumb to the mental stupefaction that sleep is — to nothingness. The mother and child lose his…

After an absence, I have a thing or two to say, though of not much consequence nor importance. I’ve simply been oppressed by the mundane and perfunctory rituals of life. I needn’t enumerate them, for they are all too familiar to everyone and anyone. I have also been consumed by two problems: 1. The issue…

I am somewhat amused by the intermittent debate over Muslim women and their right to wear the veil, which we (sc. westerners) are told is prescribed by the Qur’an. The right to wear a veil is called a right by merit of freedom to practice one’s religion — in a democracy — without being coherced.…

No tengo mucho a decir. Y para ser honesto, sé que eres la única persona que lee esto. Washington, D.C. tiene algo que me incomoda sumamente; algo que me irrita, enterrándose por de bajo de mi piel. Me enciende, una irritación profunda. Aún no lo consumo; no puedo asimilarlo: aquí viví. Fue corta la duración…