Tereza, Tomas, Sabina and Franz navigate life and love in postwar Europe (and US, a bit) They experience Communism and soviet occupation, make life altering decisions and are plagued with existential questions, and meaning crises. Their entangled lives provide the meat for this novel-philosophical tale-romance-assay-psychoanalysis-satire. "Can proximity cause vertigo?It can. When the north pole comes … Continue reading The Unbearable Lightness of Being (TULOB), by Milan Kundera
📲I wish I didn’t depend on the pingsTo feel seen.And didn’t feel a pangWhen my phoneRemains stubbornly mute. 🎵With no joyful thrill or dingTo ornateMy long days, to hush my cloyingUnease,To answer my chirps. 💅🏾I wish I could meet noticeAnd indifference With the same swagger and self-assurance.Always serene, confident. 💯That numbers would meanNothing.That my self-esteem Would remain Stoically incommensurable. … Continue reading (Un)Seen
A jar of wondersA cup of trinketsA dash of splendor,Shut in a casket... She was a collector.Day and night she graspedAt threads of colourShades of magic. Apt To see, prone to marvellingBut never letting go.A collector I said, and so,Drunk on having Possessing, amassing,Words and flowers. Flowers she sapped of fireWords she emptied of meaning She … Continue reading Chasing Wonders
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