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“We all have experiences, but as T. S. Eliot said, we had the experience but missed the meaning. Every human heart seeks meaning; for it is in meaning that our deepest shelter lies.”
― Anam Cara: A Book of Celtic Wisdom
― Anam Cara: A Book of Celtic Wisdom
“I wanted to do something that I don’t know how to do, and offer you the experience of watching someone fumble, because I think maybe that’s what art should offer. An opportunity to recognise our common humanity and vulnerability.”
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“Man becomes, as it were, the sex organs of the machine world, as the bee of the plant world, enabling it to fecundate and to evolve ever new forms. The machine world reciprocates man’s love by expediting his wishes and desires, namely, in providing him with wealth”
― Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man
― Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man
“If you read the The Bacchae and the Gospel of John side by side, it’s kind of funny. The same scenes show up, sometimes even the same words. Greek vocabulary that doesn’t appear anywhere else in the three Synoptic Gospels—Matthew, Mark, or Luke.”
― The Immortality Key: The Secret History of the Religion with No Name
― The Immortality Key: The Secret History of the Religion with No Name
“I am the proud owner of a gaping hole in my soul.”
― Antkind
― Antkind
Magical Realism
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An exploration of magical realist topics, from anything that excites you about the movement to a simple debate on its definitions.
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