“Man is literally split in two: he has an awareness of his own splendid uniqueness in that he sticks out of nature with a towering majesty, and yet he goes back into the ground a few feet in order blindly and dumbly to rot and disappear forever.” ~ Ernest Becker, The Denial of Death “Fame in theContinue reading “Split in Two: between Gifts and Blind Fury”
Tag Archives: creation
Tower of Babel Collage
So…I am obsessed with the Tower of Babel. I’m not 100% sure why, although it’s clear to me that this obsession relates to my love of languages. But it’s not just the love of speaking languages or even hearing them, but just seeing the text of another language sends me into an irrationally ecstaticContinue reading “Tower of Babel Collage”
The Sun and I
the sun burns and tear drops fall from its rays the internal combustion that is the life of us all constantly destroys itself and draws energy from destruction and the contained calamity one of these days that beautiful star is gonna burn out one of these days he’s gonna implode and leave a big blackContinue reading “The Sun and I”
Know
I want to write the books call me from the womb of my mind I want to establish the plans ache & beg to be born I want to paint the colors, never seen cry out in oblivion My stories, my places, my scenes & images My kaleidoscope collages are there, their non-existent existence soContinue reading “Know”
Shoshana Sarah 