The Thing With “I Don’t Know”
I’m lost and I don’t know what to do. Or is it that I do know but for whichever reasons, I’m not ready to take that step yet?
Tagged: Existentialism
Discovering The Upside Of Anger
Mike Binder’s 2005 dramedy The Upside of Anger is on my list of all-time favorite movies. Everytime I watch it, I’m reminded why it has remained on my list over...
Soul And Skin
In search for a human connection, we lay our souls bare only to find that people’s interest in us is only skin-deep.
Can Your Memory Fit In A Chest Of Drawers?
If I had the choice of taking a piece from the New York Museum of Modern Art‘s collection, it would be this chest of drawers made by Dutch designer Tejo Remy in...
Notes On Disillusionment
Disillusionment comes with an overwhelming sense of disappointment that lingers until you realize that the dissipation of the cloud over your comforting convictions is actually liberating.
Like Ghosts Haunting A Revolving Door
People aren’t ours to keep. Driven by love, hate and everything in between and beyond, they walk in and out of our lives like ghosts haunting a revolving door, and...
On Being Social Animals
The social animals that we are, sometimes socializing doesn’t come so naturally.
Compromises
Compromises are nothing more than a band-aid on a festering wound. No sooner do you feel relieved than the pain kicks in again.
What Drives Expectations?
Expectations are driven by our desires and needs. They are byproducts of our hope to obtain that which we don’t have but want, they are the materialisation of our wish for...
A Meeting With Rabih Alameddine
In May 2010, I attended “A Meeting with Rabih Alameddine”, organized by the Anis Makdisi Program in Literature and ASSABIL, Friends of Public Libraries, which also coincided with the publication of...
