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You can't always tell when something is decaying. Slowly, Inside Out. An illusion of a sunny disposition. (edited)

The Seventh Law A Discipline Against Self-Tyranny

The Seventh Law A Discipline Against Self-Tyranny Abstract This paper argues that the highest law is not obedience, order, or even justice in the abstract, but questioning directed first inward. The Seventh Law is defined not primarily as a safeguard against tyranny in institutions, though it may... read more

The Hero in the Dark: Sergei Preminin and the Bitter Irony of Soviet Sacrifice

The story of Soviet sailor Sergei Preminin is one of unparalleled individual heroism, bitter institutional coldness, and a tragic irony that encapsulates the twilight of the Soviet Union and, by extension, Communism itself. Sergei was born in 1965 in a tiny, freezing logging village called... read more

3D painting

Painting on canvas, using texture paint paste, to give the illusion of embossed and textured💐☺️

The illusion

thoughts

We tend to think relationships are different kinds of things. Friends are one category. Partners another. Family something else entirely. But what if that separation is an illusion we created to make something complex feel manageable? Because in practice, we don’t experience people in... read more