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Series of essays on art and laziness as a form of rebellion
Read more: Series of essays on art and laziness as a form of rebellionWabi sabi and the picturesque The classic Japanese concept of Wabi-sabi is the beauty of the imperfect, impermanent, incomplete and broken. This concept is reflected in the west through the work of the William Gilpin. His writing responded to the grandfather of aesthetic-theory, Edmund Burke, who claimed that the key elements of beauty are smoothness…
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Flash Fiction Competition 2022 – Second Place: A Lake of Hidden Wonders
Read more: Flash Fiction Competition 2022 – Second Place: A Lake of Hidden Wondersby Noelani Luckas „There’s something in the water“, Ifna stated, crouching beside the dark lake that stretched out all the way to the horizon. From above, it was a bleak, black smudge in the landscape. Not that anyone actually dared to cross it, even from the sky. Ifna touched the black water with her fingertips,…
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Flash Fiction Competition 2022 – Third Place: Passport Profile
Read more: Flash Fiction Competition 2022 – Third Place: Passport Profileby Jeremy Bernard Our voices got lost in the mess but the text is all here so might as well read it. Dyed blonde hair coated the outer layer, golden splotches over silver rings nestled softly between fidgeting fingers, necklaces that glittered and clothes that shimmered, push up this, flatten that, fix yourself right here,…
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Join the Writer’s Block Board!
Read more: Join the Writer’s Block Board!Writer’s Block Magazine is looking for fresh, enthusiastic and creative editorial board members! Do you like writing and editing? Do you have any journalistic aspirations? Then join the Writer’s Block editorial board! What/who is Writer’s Block? Why should you join the Writer’s Block board? What do we offer? What are your tasks at Writer’s Block?…
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The History of West Africa
Read more: The History of West AfricaI don’t know about you, but if I had never lived in Africa until I was sixteen, I would not have known anything about African history. And I’m grateful every day that I learned British, Dutch and African history (also specifically Gambian history). Because of this, I thought I’d try to write a crash course…
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