If there ever was a hypothetical Universe where writers passed for superheroes, their superpower would inadvertently be words. Words in an emotional outburst, in a blog entry, in an angry political rant, in a Berlin Art Parasites post, in a THC article or even in the academic rambling we call …
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To be different or not to be different? The biggest question we don’t seem to be consciously answering in our everyday interactions or actions, but which determines and influences us to a large extent, is whether to conform to societal standards or to deviate from them? The dilemma often isn’t limited …
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Many people would relate to the following situation: Having dreamt something desirable or fascinating, people try to “hold on” to the dream and try to remember it after waking up, remembering only vague scattered bits of it and wanting to relive it. Dreams are as intriguing as they are inevitable, …
Read More »Character Analysis: Jesse Pinkman – The Fallen King
“Nothing beside remains. Round the decay Of that colossal Wreck, The lone and level sands stretch far away.” –Ozymandias by Percy Bysshe Shelley As these words were narrated alongside the fall of the great Heisenberg in one of the most monumental episodes in Season 5, titled after the poem, …
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