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I left my soul at an expansive place, concealed in the thick-red blood that spilled forth from my nose one early morning and unto the white frothy snow strewn over the rich brown earth. Summer days are also beautiful, especially when monsoon rains mix this same earth with lavendar; a mixture that affects the most…
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He escrito un poema prosaico, inspirado en ti. Pudo haber sido un capitulo de la historia que es mi vida. Claro que sí. Pero prefiero conservarte en mi, intoxicarme con este recuerdo. El poema: En tus ojos la huella de mi imperfección.
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The media informs us that the racism against Muslims in Europe — both native and foreign — lies in their being Muslim. However I refuse to set any store by this superficial diagnosis. The real reason is racial: Europeans do not dark skinned people. It is a coincidence that most of them happen to be…
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The site will probably go offline and with it, yet again, a part of my life will be forever lost. Why? I haven’t paid my hosting nor have I the money to do so. But this site shall return once I have the money. Hopefully by then I’ll have something to say — something unique.…
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“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…
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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.…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…