Diary
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Monday
I was at a coffee shop on 15th street and saw Gombrowicz and he said that a a complex man is… something something of a someone who can simplify himself whenever he wanted to. And that most of all, he can also complicate himself whenever he wanted to. I asked, well what makes a man Continue reading
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Sunday
Sometimes I feel like I don’t even exist, like I’m just there, you know. And sometimes what I say don’t make sense, but I go on saying it just so I can make sense of it but even then… do I know myself if I do not know the others, on whom I depend and Continue reading
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Saturday
Directness. Does it reach me when I am in relation to others. What will directness do? But no… others being not me, identical, I cannot be others. Continue reading
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Friday
I was under the shadow of someone. I on others. Others on I, an image of others. Others upon the image of others. I within myself. I, an image, within myself. I… an image. No. Is this a variation of Sartre’s regard d’autrui? A nameless someone that belongs to no one. A shadowless shadow. And Continue reading
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Henry David Thoreau’s Influence on Me
Henry David Thoreau has been a significant figure whose works have influenced me substantially. Notably, his emphasis on nature in the book Walden and conscience in the essay “Civil Disobedience” have shaped and enlarged the bounds of my thinking and compositions. The fulfillment of our lives is the blooming of nature, and what we are Continue reading
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