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069 - The Archeology of Language
…contemporary precisely because he has such command of the poetic and historical past, and because his invented language has such depth, archaeological…
Oct 2, 2023
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September 2023
068 - A Babel in a Veritable Hell
Barbaric city sick with slums, Deprived of seasons, blessed with rains, Its hawkers, beggars, iron-lunged, Processions led by frantic drums, A million…
Sep 24, 2023
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067 - Space and Dreams
He [human being] knows instinctively that this space identified with his solitude is creative; that even when it is forever expunged from the present…
Sep 19, 2023
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066 - Eveningness
Today, I have my father, mother and sister at home with me, it wasn’t so last Sunday, it won’t be so the next; this reminded me of a poem I tried…
Sep 10, 2023
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065 - Stillness of the Night
The prayer drums that girdle this holy conglomerate of stones are one with the stillness of the night. The Gompa is surprisingly stable atop that rocky…
Sep 3, 2023
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August 2023
064 - The Prose of Cons
If we were not provided with the knack of being wrong, we could never get anything useful done - Lewis Thomas Most conclusions of the myth of Adam and…
Aug 27, 2023
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063 - The Secret Life of Craft
“Knowledge is only a rumour until it lives in the muscle.” - Asaro Mudmen Tribe I am enjoying watching the UK’s portrait artist of the year series…
Aug 20, 2023
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062 - Perpetually Receding Horizons
This letter comes from an island busy claiming things from the sea as if it were its own. Is it a debt or a loot in plain sight? And what exactly it…
Aug 13, 2023
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061 - Peering Deeply into the Horizon
"When you take a flower in your hand and really look at it, it's your world for the moment. I want to give that world to someone else. Most people in…
Aug 6, 2023
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July 2023
060 - The Grammar of Rain
The etymology of grammar suggests it is the art of the letter
Jul 30, 2023
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059 - The Fable of the Meaning of Thunder
Explorations in the art of afterlife
Jul 23, 2023
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058 - Non Omnis Moriar
Danish Siddiqui, a narrative
Jul 16, 2023
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