The Masque of the Black Death
The Plague laughs behind its mask, because it can wear any.
Category: Death
Requiem aeternam
In a significant sense, I died on the night of November 19th, 2017.
Ace of Cups
When you have a hysteric personality (disorder), like I do, all the world is a stage.
“Wherefore was I given life?”
Because it’s Södergran time again.
The Symbolic Order of Life and Manhood
The circle of manhood is at the center of the circle of life, which is bound by death.
On Borges’ Collected Fictions
The ugly, The bad, The good, The list™
Shadow of the Future
My translation: Edith Södergran - “Framtidens skugga” (1920)
Quantum Hands
For as long as I can remember I have been having a vision. Not always, not every night, but recurring throughout my life. The vision always appears at the crepuscular boundary between waking and sleep, when I settle down in my bed and prepare to leave the day behind.
Some brief notes on hunting in
Dragon Age: Inquisition
Having recently finished Dragon Age: Inquisition — the main storyline and pretty much all of the single player sidequests, that is — some aspects of the game’s approach to hunting animals and beasts keep sticking in the back of my mind. I’ll try to disentangle them here, briefly.
Letting Go
A personal piece about waking dreams, mysticism, and verticality in Scandinavian theatre and videogames. I discuss Henrik Ibsen’s The Master Builder and When We Dead Awaken, next to a special level from Nifflas’ Knytt Stories.