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the kafka chronicles
this book is hard to find—well, not at a decent price anyway. but you can read the first 77 pages over at Google Books. what’s it about? Mark Amerika’s The Kafka Chronicles is a postmodern, experimental novel that blurs the boundaries between fiction, autobiography, and philosophical inquiry. The book reimagines Kafka’s existential themes through a…
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reclaiming the lost art of hypertextuality
The web used to feel like a labyrinth made for wanderers. Clicking a hyperlink was like finding a secret door in a sprawling mansion. You never quite knew where it would take you— a rabbit hole of ideas, a treasure trove of forgotten knowledge, or maybe just a strange, lonely corner of cyberspace that felt…
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everyday cyborgs
this slideshow is inspired by my recent purchase and wearing of the Meta Ray-Ban smart glasses. The idea of becoming a cyborg with devices like Meta’s Ray-Ban smart glasses lies in the symbiotic relationship between humans and technology that these devices foster. Unlike traditional tools that require conscious interaction—like a smartphone you must pick up…
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blogging about blogging about blogging
this is my alchemical language lab/experimental blogging playground after all… I approached this from a different angle yesterday, but I think this is closer to what I’m aiming for in 2025. I may also make some adjustments to the design and function so the blog supports my vision of blogging in 20225. some thoughts i…
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fragmented paths
Somewhere between the scaffolding of story and the poetry of thought lies a landscape I’m yearning to explore. It’s a place where the personal and the theoretical intertwine, where the raw texture of life rubs against the abstraction of ideas. The blending of creative nonfiction and theoretical poetics—this hybrid, fragmented, kaleidoscopic way of writing—feels like…
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the crimbo limbo ramble
In this episode, I’m out on a walk—my first good ramble in weeks—navigating the muddy fields and reflecting on life as we sit in this in-between time of Crimbo Limbo, that strange stretch between Christmas and New Year’s Eve. It’s a time I usually dedicate to reflecting, recalibrating, and looking ahead to what the next…
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in cold hell
There’s something about Charles Olson’s In Cold Hell, in Thicket that feels uncomfortably familiar, like stepping into a dense forest where every direction looks the same but somehow promises something different. For me, this poem isn’t just a piece of writing—it’s a mirror held up to the way I experience chaos, place, and selfhood. Olson…
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returning to a place of post-apocalypse calm
i am now returning—a phrase, a wound, a hinge on a doorhalf-hanging, rusted on promisesnever meant to keep. what is “now”but the afterbirth of once,slick with the memory of chaosand the shimmer of thingsalmost touched? returning implies departure,a before where the dust hung silent,where streets were namesand names were maps,not cracked veins of earthreaching for…
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when there is no ‘you’
The idea hit me like a whisper from the cosmos: When there is no sense of ‘you,’ there is no way that ‘you’ can be separate from the rest of the universe. It wasn’t a conclusion, not even a realisation, really. It was more like a question wearing the mask of an answer, teasing me…
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these are wild secular times
These are wild secular times. It’s like we’re living in the disenchanted ruins of a world that forgot it used to believe in magic. Once, myths shaped the edges of our maps and infused the spaces between stars with gods and monsters. Now, we’ve GPS’d the mystery out of existence. Or so it seems. But…
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a musical journey with Blue Öyster Cult (BÖC)
Blue Öyster Cult (BÖC) is one of those bands that straddles the line between rock, mysticism, and outright cosmic weirdness, creating a legacy that feels both timeless and delightfully out of this world. If you’ve ever heard “Don’t Fear the Reaper” wafting from a car stereo on a foggy night or caught the enigmatic lyrics…
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reality hacker
To be a reality hacker is to become an artisan of perception, an agent of transformation who sees the world not as it is but as it could be. Reality hacking, as a concept, is not about breaking systems for malicious intent but about reprogramming the lens through which we view ourselves and the world.…
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go play with your brothers and sisters in the information tribe
Somewhere between an invitation and a command, this phrase has been rattling around in my head lately: Go play with your brothers and sisters in the information tribe. It feels like a message from some digital oracle, an echo of a forgotten wisdom that knows no time. Maybe it’s a whisper from the collective unconscious…
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Change Magick: A Modern Framework for Personal Mastery
Editor’s Note As we are about to step into 2025, I’m unveiling a framework that stands at the intersection of personal transformation and practical power cultivation. Change Magick represents my synthesis of decades of exploration into human potential, combining insights from chaos magic, depth psychology, neuroscience, and postmodern philosophy. This initial post outlines the core…
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The Trickster’s Leap
Welcome, wanderer. You’ve stumbled upon something… different. A game, a journey, a dance with chaos itself. The Game:A riddle awaits. Solve it, and you’ll unlock the first step—a portal into The Trickster’s Leap. Each card in this game holds a task, an experiment, or a dare to step beyond the ordinary. Each task is designed…
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The Mirror of Echoes: The Invitation to the Audience
The Mirror of Echoes is a mystery play that explores the interplay between thought, language, and feeling—the fundamental threads that weave the fabric of human identity. Set in a surreal and liminal space where the physical and the metaphysical merge, the play invites its characters—and the audience—to confront the complexities of selfhood and the illusions…
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holding contradictions
It’s a curious thing to feel hopeful, wistful, and intent all at once. On the surface, these emotions seem like they belong to different worlds, tugging in opposing directions. Hope, with its buoyant energy, calls me forward into possibility. Wistfulness, tender and bittersweet, lingers in the doorways of my memory, casting longing glances at what…
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the fabric of ultimate reality
What if the essence of reality isn’t matter or energy, but meaning itself? It’s a question that might sound like the beginning of a metaphysical rabbit hole—and it is—but it also carries profound implications for how we understand the universe, ourselves, and the mysterious connection between the two. What if the universe, at its most…
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