“What is the purpose of understanding our existence anyway?“ Monsieur Antoine Roquentin of Jean Paul Sartre’s Nausea constantly feels barraged by the material world that …
The Resurgence of the Personal Essay
Virginia Woolf, in her writing on The Modern Essay, declared in praise of Beerbohm that he has triumphed, for ‘He has brought personality into literature’, …
Notes on Self
The Self I believe is the feeling you get when you look back. When you’re in bed and your mind gets a mind of its …
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Ghosts play amongst grass, laughter booming off heavy wooden beams.Whipped cream as sweet as the day I devoured it. Calloused feet try to walk in …
The Splintering of the Self
There are potentially hundreds of versions of ourselves existing simultaneously in this plane of reality. Multiple editions of each of us exist within the minds …
Self-Discovery Cannot Be Isolated– It Must Come Through Societal Improvement
No man is an island,Entire of itself,Every man is a piece of the continent,A part of the main.If a clod be washed away by the …
Mindfulness: The Key to Self-Awareness
To become “self-aware” and to be “mindful” is both important and beneficial, but it’s something that one typically wouldn’t think of. Mindfulness is the ability …
Kojey Radical ‘Cashmere Tears’ Review: A Study of Self-Engagement
The modern-day Renaissance man, Kojey Radical, released ’the realest shit [he] ever wrote’ in September of this year. The eclectic album ranges from alternative RnB, …
The Role of the Self in the Face of Climate Catastrophe
A couple of years ago an article on the Guardian came out titled “Neoliberalism Has Conned Us Into Fighting Climate Change as Individuals,” and when …
The Illusion of Self-Care
The self is everything. In a society obsessed with advancement, technology and knowledge, the sense of oneself can be left to the side, free to …