Flame explains how language works like magic (more than you'd think!) and introduces the blackest of all black magic: Pragmatics. He also plugs a play he's putting on this weekend!
Defense against Speech Acts (Pragmatics and Poetry)
Guest Entry: Setting Yourself Up To Write
Igor Bunjevac, currently studying Creative Writing, returns to share some ideas about building writing habits.
Protected: Letters to the past. What I wish someone had said
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The love of never finishing / Sons of Sailors
Davide is giving some insight as to why he can never finish thi
Yearly Themes – What the Pandemic Taught Me
Flame breaks his radiosilence in a brief piece about how he plans to look at 2021 going forward.
Reflections of the Past – What the Pandemic has me thinking about
Davide engages with the idea of tackling the past, projecting yourself into others and the errors that come along with.
Guest Entry: An Etymological Meditation: Humoristic-anguished essay in a register poetico et eleganti
Where does the word 'poetry' come from? This and a lot more is explored by Valère Gaube in a beautiful mixture of poetry, prose and philosophy.
Creation of Angst.
Davide tries to make sense of this dreadful fealing.
Guest Entry: Criminals
Abel Lovasz shares a short poem about the essence of being human, perhaps?
Guest Entry: An Emerald Reflection (Short Story)
Sheena Shah shares a story she wrote a few months ago and explains how it relates to our current experience of the world.
