Presentism and the Poet’s Rage

Presentism is a modern stain. It is vehement in denying all explanations of now that go back in time, wanting to start anew with such passion that the past becomes trivial. Forgetting becomes less an explicit act and more an implicit elision brought about by massive...

Ex.Ploit/Em.Power

Ex- – tract: land to be isolated, titled, massaged, pulverized for maximal maximality. – pert: momentary flush of hormonal zest in an otherwise untidy emotional jungle. – hume: portly thinker whose popping off in 1776 coincided roughly with the industrial revolution;...

The Atoms of Democracy

In elementary school we are presented the table of elements. Once Democritus had postulated the atom, it became a logical imperative for those that followed to reduce nature to a fixed set of elements. Some went further and broke the atom down so much so that very...