Bella Ciao — Բելա չաո

I couldn't find a version of 'Bella Ciao' in Armenian so I translated it. Էս առավոտը ես վեր կացա Օ Բելա չաո! Բելա չաո! Բելա չաո, չաո , չաո ! Էս առավոտը ես վեր կացա եւ ես գտա զավթչին Օ պարտիզան, ինձ վերցրեք ստեղից օ Բելա չաո! Բելա չաո! Բելա չաո, չաո , չաո !…

To bite or to bet, that is the question

If you haven’t yet read The Unbitten Elbow by Sigizmund Krzhizhanovksy, please do so here if you’re going to read the following piece. If you have no interest in reading the following piece, I still insist that you refer to the link above and read The Unbitten Elbow. The Unbitten Elbow is perhaps the third…

this is a vague sort of survey

I know I haven't posted anything new or of any importance lately, but I wanted to get a few different opinions on this word problem I've been thinking about. Two words; romance and intimacy. Two definitions; "physical closeness and togetherness" and "mental closeness and togetherness". Which goes with which? If anyone could offer their opinion…

scene 0.01

Tragedy exists so man can watch man self-destruct so that he does not have to. During life, man is both an actor and a spectator. Theatre and plays remove the necessity for man’s participation, rending him above all the spectator. With literature, with the written text, man does not get off so lightly. He is…

A Solitaire Game

  A game by definition, but its spirit is expressed in the name; Solitaire, solitary. No one else is needed. The only faces you stare at are royalty. Shuffling can almost be considered the most important part of the game. However I shuffle and how well I randomize the deck will determine how the cards…

just a little something

A piece I wrote on Goethe's Faust was published in Empty Mirror. Here's a link; hope the humans of the internet enjoy. The Necessity of Tragedy—How What Goethe Played with is Still Entirely Relevant

“I need to read that”

I. Last night my father and I watched Mulholland Drive together. Afterwards, standing at opposing ends of the kitchen, we fell into a conversation regarding the extent of interpretation one can carry out in regards to the film; and later in the conversation, in regards to paintings and literature. I’m not the biggest cheerleader for…

Giving orders, and acting on them

A: Stand up! B—chin up, prick ears towards the break in silence. to stand: to have or maintain an upright position. up: a direction, a coordinate, a position unbend legs and push against foundation. In another room, C sets up a chain of 63 dominos in one straight line. D notices this and gently taps…

Crumbs and Dust

I submitted a proposal to ObjectLessons about Bread Crumbs/Bread Dust. It was passed upon, but then what good would a blog be if not a purgatory for passing over. I started becoming rather invested in my trailing of bread crumbs, so here are the piles I started building up. Bread Crumbs Bread Dust In a vague sense,…

It could’ve been funny.

I'm currently still in the process of formulating a routine for myself. Well, I suppose I already have a routine, but it seems necessary to reframe one in which I'm not dreading every waking and sleeping moment. There aren't too many other moments, mind you. Working for 9.5 hours, returning home, sleeping, and then returning…