Visual acuity is thought to be perfect at 20/20. Apart from the formal ophthalmological definition of such, now in the year 2020, we confront a world seemingly devoid of vision, blinded by its own insatiability, […]
Temporal
What wish is left when appetites have their deceit—by foods that flattered taste, but fed not, swollen insufficiencies swallowed as names of better things? What wish is left, and what contenting? There is left the […]
Les interactions
La croyance, comme la peur ou l’amour, est une force à comprendre lorsque nous comprenons la théorie de la relativité et les principes de l’incertitude: des phénomènes qui déterminent le cours de nos vies. Hier, […]
Knife
Good fortune is a spear pointed at your face. Bad fortune is a spear pointed at your back. Regardless of motivation, however guileless or guilty, this is at best foolishness, at worst, sabotage. Between these […]
Ydych chi’n meiddio?
Nid y noson uchod, ond yn ddwfn yn y goedwig o goed tywyll, y dyfroedd cigfrain du yn trallwyso eu gwreiddiau â gwaed bywyd; yno, wedi ei guddio yn ebargofiant fy nirgelwch, a ydych yn […]
Refuting the lesserness of one
The strength you summon in weakness will never leave. Silence need not be the absence of speech, the embittered swallowing of unspoken criticism, condemnation, and blame; the harsh, unfeeling, unsympathetic withdrawal from certain confrontation. Silence […]
Naturellement
Homo sapient, homo sapiens. Il n’a pas demandé s’il le pouvait. Il n’a pas demandé s’il le ferait. Si en service, nourri, inséminé, fécondé, pas de questions posées; naturellement, il est juste compris. Et tu […]
Of peace eventual
The mind is a pathological liar, insisting either that things are better than they really are, or worse than they really are. Emotions, to fill the void of genuine sense-generated counter-poise or vail, are the […]
Eich nemesis
Fi fydd eich angel neu’ch melltith. Trin fi’n dda, byddaf yn eich trin yn well; fy nhrin yn wael, byddaf yn eich trin yn waeth. Nid oes gan deyrngarwch – y lleiaf o rinweddau – […]
Nation – damned or incarnate
There is nothing that I meant to convey, that I should have conveyed, but did not; hence these words ensuing. Thomas Jefferson wrote originally – When people fear their government, there is tyranny; when government […]
