Humanity rises to every challenge (and) sinks to any depth
Tracey Cleantis, a psychotherapist in California and the author of The Next Happy (2015), says that behind such bromides ‘is a kind of wish of parents or ourselves that we’re not bound by our talents, by our genetics, by our temperament, by
The riddance of your inner Joe Bloggs
Your casual day may sound so typical at times, you wonder if you entered a routine without even knowing. There are moments when you have this fierce desire to change –everything- for the better, but this stoppage in your day-in, day-out overcomes
“When I Set Out for Lyonnesse” – short introduction
"When you’ve been thinking of the dead you notice how the living hurry.” -excerpt from Graham Swift I must admit it took me a while to gather some of the courage I had left to set up this post alone. But it doesn’t
Relație OM-DESTIN
E târziu și toamna de afară mă îmbrățișează din spate. Cu pași melancolici, trec prin fața liceului… -Ți-ai făcut tema? mă întreabă Dorian. -Da, e sub caietul galben, nu o copia pe toată, anunț eu tăios. -Fie. Ziua coexista într-o banalitate impură care se
Relație OM-DESTIN
Angola. 1989. O fășie aridă la periferia orașului Namibe, un aer ușor, mângăietor deasupra pielii, un soare ce se topește undeva, departe, în spatele unei dune. Atmosfera mă copleșește, mă taie sub picioare… vreau să-mi rup hainele, dar nu pot, sunt
How to combat PLAGIARISM, SELF-PLAGIARISM, AND OTHER QUESTIONABLE WRITING PRACTICES
The life of a writer: a sinuous road led down to a valley of despair covered in brownish mud which is theoretically labelled as “lack of inspiration”. You get stuck in that mud, on the cusp of breathing it in