The Quiet, Overdue Demise of a Not-So-Free World
A Critical Reading of U.S. Political Culture and History, from Hiroshima to Ukraine. Graham Greene’s 1955 novel The Quiet American takes...
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Feb 63 min read
Ode to the Nudist Beach
With each step the grass finds its way through the gaps between my toes, its softness a reminder of nature’s gentle embrace. I place my...
Feb 65 min read
On the Artistic Value of Red Glass
The windows you look at instead of through The greater the decrease in the social significance of an art form, the sharper the...
Feb 65 min read
Oh, praise be to the Incandescent Cucumber
Or, against Against Heresies. This is an article about the Gnostics who worshipped the ever-present Good in the fight against Darkness,...
Feb 62 min read
Koyaanisqatsi; A Myth of Modernity
It starts with an explosion in reverse - a subtle mimicry of birth, perhaps. And as the rocket re-assembles on its way to the ground,...
Nov 2, 20234 min read
A ritual for emergence: beginning to feel
From fingers clicking and hands clapping To knee slapping and foot tapping Till humming becomes singing And bodies are standing, swaying,...
Nov 2, 20232 min read
Endlessness Ending
The 20th century may come to be remembered as the penultimate grasp for prosperity, a blind progression that plunged its offspring into...
Nov 2, 20231 min read
Sprekende tegels: Een kunstvorm op straat.
Als we denken aan straatkunst, denken we aan graffiti op de muren. In Portugal – maar ook in hun voormalige koloniën – ligt kunst...
Nov 2, 20233 min read
Resting Beach Face
I gasp for air as I try to make it back to shore - another wave knocks me over. My bikini top has been hit, leaving my left boob exposed....
Nov 2, 20233 min read
‘I wanna see the world’
The way I see myself today and the way others interact with me is filled with a history that might be easy to consciously forget. Yet the...
Nov 2, 20231 min read
Heinde en verre: Een poëtisch reisdagboek.
teleportatie vliegschaamte veilig opgeborgen oortjes in, ogen dicht, bestemming bereikt het landschap overgeslagen dat thuis in ver doet...
Nov 2, 20235 min read
On Unstable Ground: Pombaline Architecture in Portugal's Capital
Amongst Lisbon’s seven hills, the only thing more notable than the burning in your calves are the colourful facades of the buildings that...
Nov 2, 20231 min read
Pasteis de Bacalhau: The Gift from the Sea
Bacalhau usually refers to the salted and dried codfish that can be stored for a longer time compared to fresh codfish. Portuguese...
Nov 2, 20237 min read
Reizen door de tijd: Nineties nostalgie in Portugal
Er is een reis en een land waar Marleen, mijn moeder, het altijd over heeft: de vier maanden dat ze als 28-jarige samen met haar vriendin...
Nov 2, 20234 min read
Exploring Reality: An Adventure through Portugal
Welcome, dear readers, to an extraordinary journey that challenges the very fabric of reality. Today, I share my escapade to a land...
Sep 27, 20232 min read
You Are What You See: A Reflection on Transparency
Text Marc Burillo Micho Image Rachel Kok All of human knowledge is, to an extent, based on our capacity to recognize patterns. It is the...
Sep 27, 20234 min read
How Holographic am I?
Text Evita Belegri In the darkness of my room, this surface looks like every other grey-coloured paper. So gloomy, so dull, that I would...
Sep 27, 20232 min read
Any Colour You Like
Painting Memories with Music Driving down an empty road under the sweltering heat of summer, the AC is off to preserve the car’s...
Sep 27, 20232 min read
The Good in Giving Up
Caffeine and Other Chemicals Text and Image Miranda Tate My mum, in true Scandinavian fashion, drinks black coffee day round to ritualise...
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