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The Mise-en-Abîme as an Expression of Trauma
Read more: The Mise-en-Abîme as an Expression of TraumaI urge you to take a moment and observe this image, explore its shadows and corners, and try to make sense of the pattern. How does it make you feel? If you got chills, you’re not alone. There’s always been something about mirroring and repetition that sparked my interest, and I’ve decided to explore the…
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The Elusive Notion of Home
Read more: The Elusive Notion of HomeAs far as idioms go, ‘home is where the heart is’ can definitely be seen as one of the more literal ones. No one is beating around any bushes here, you pretty much get what you paid for with this phrase. However, it has always struck me as having two different, although connected, interpretations, depending…
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Upside Down Lessons
Read more: Upside Down LessonsI spend a reasonable amount of time balancing the rest of my body on my hands. An intricate cocktail of corporal coordination, concentration and sheer willpower, handstands will let you look at the world from a different perspective (heh). Years of negotiating with gravity in this way have rewarded me not only with an increased…
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Shadowing Carlos Ruiz Zafón And His Own, Everlasting Shadow
Read more: Shadowing Carlos Ruiz Zafón And His Own, Everlasting Shadow“I still remember the day my father took me to the Cemetery of Forgotten Books for the first time.” This first line of Carlos Ruiz Zafón’s novel The Shadow of the Wind still echoes in my mind, haunting my dreams while also reminding me of my own humble beginnings; just as the protagonist’s, Daniel Sempere’s…
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In Defense of Fan Fiction
Read more: In Defense of Fan FictionSo far, whenever I’ve mentioned the word fan fiction, people either didn’t know what it was or thought about it as something to look down upon. They associate it with either some perverse version of the original work, or with someone who takes another author’s work and changes it to make it all about themselves.…
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