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Another Take
I wrote this on a day when the city felt finished with me and I felt finished with it. There’s no revelation here. Just fatigue, awareness, and the dull pressure of continuing anyway. It’s about staying conscious long enough not to lie to yourself. Continue reading
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the day forgot my name
I wrote this while moving forward without a clear reason to do so. It stays with dislocation, endurance, and the pressure of existing without instruction. Nothing resolves here. I don’t arrive anywhere. I keep going because stopping feels like a worse lie. Continue reading
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Wake Up Dead Man Review: When Empty Seriousness Becomes a Waste of Time
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery mistakes vagueness for intelligence and atmosphere for substance. Its appearance in Netflix’s top rankings raises a more troubling question about what is being promoted and consumed today. This review explains why the film feels hollow, exhausting, and emblematic of a culture that confuses visibility with value. Continue reading
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Anaconda Blood Orchid A Film About Human Fragility Disguised as a Monster Movie
Anaconda Blood Orchid is often dismissed as a simple creature feature yet beneath its genre exterior lies a quiet meditation on human arrogance fear driven decision making and the illusion of control. Set against an indifferent jungle the film exposes how quickly intellect hierarchy and morality collapse when survival becomes the only remaining logic. Continue reading
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On the Days When Writing Won’t Let Me In
There are days when writing feels like entering a dim room before anyone has opened the curtains. The silence is heavy, the air unmoved. Still I sit, trying to name the thing inside me that insists on being shaped, even when the shaping feels impossible. Continue reading
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