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Depressive Realism | In a Nutshell

“In the case of depressive realism, the philosophical pessimism most closely associated with Schopenhauer may be its natural home.” —Colin Feltham They move along the street with blank faces, eyes forward, minds elsewhere. Shadows stretch long behind them, and the fading light casts everything in a sickly pallor. It’s not fear exactly—more like a…

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Publicar-Exorcist: Reclaiming the Fire of Creativity

“What makes the horror genre so exciting and unstoppable is its capacity for metaphorical exploration. It’s the safe place that we, as a culture, can deal with things that upset and frighten us—the darker side of our nature.” — Mike Flanagan Although trauma is often cast as a destructive force—fracturing the psyche and distorting…

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Bestowing Praise Upon Him Who Honors The Gods

“First, tragedies were brought on stage to remind you of what can happen, that these happenings are determined by nature, and that what moves you in the theatre should not burden you on the larger stage of life.” – Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 11.6 Everybody loves a free spirit, but few dare to become one.…

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The Life (and Death) of Chuck

“What you have achieved will be revealed only when you breathe your last.” – Seneca Rather than seeing our self as some everyday run of the mill ‘shmuck’, what if we tweaked this derogatory term into ‘chuck’ instead, as in a real down to earth kind of person; would that rearrange our self-concept, might that…

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