From Dar II

It is not a complete exhaustion. It is a little burning around the edges. It is a desire for a change of pace, from the rapid fervent insectile energy to a more assured and relaxed tempo. From the constant near-harangue of our jobs, from the needs of our families and our friends, from our own …

From Dar I

The noise has been there for so long. You do not hear it anymore. There is no longer silence. The noise becomes the silence. All that surrounds you, all that is inside you is the crashing of the waves. One after another after another, smashing themselves against the shore. The following moment, nothing. No sound, …

Heroes/ Villains

You are both the heroes and the villains in your narratives. In your stories, you are the good and the bad at the same time. Like Janus, you exist in a central place, two beings, creating and experiencing worlds that only you fit in best. Looking forward and backward, you see the good and the …

Have you ever had a need as urgent? A need to explode into smoke in the wild winds, to run away from what you think you know, what you cherish and distaste, and go somewhere no one knows you, somewhere you can recreate yourself again, forge your life anew, or eliminate whatever passes for life, …

I tend to look in her direction when we watch cartoons, hoping to catch her eye, seeking approval that this aspect of myself is palatable, the giggling puerile juvenile me is as well liked as the sober, sane, proper me. I laugh, prompting her to laugh too. When did I become like this? Maybe I …