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the trial and error: happily ever thereafter

No happily ever after. Franz Kafka. He was mostly about failure. Or the inability to avoid it. Most everything was unfathomable, incomprehensive, unknowable, and there were no happy endings.Buggy and as neurotic as they come, Kafka represents that grey zone, … Continue reading

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WASTELAND:THE EARTH IS FIXED AT THE CENTER OF THE EGO

In this decayed hole among the mountains, In the faint moonlight, the grass is singing Over the tumbled graves, about the chapel There is the empty chapel, only the wind’s home. It has no windows, and the door swings, Dry … Continue reading

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A CASTLE, A KAFKA, CARTONS & CONRAD THE COMRADE

”The recurrence of linkages of one sort or another between Hitler and Kafka throughout “Hitler studies” is rather remarkable–and controversial. In addition to the D. M. Thomas character’s conjecture about the kinship of Kafka and Hitler as artists of the … Continue reading

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GENIUS: A CONDITION OF POWER and HELPLESSNESS

The times they were a’ changing. Albrecht Durer’s goal was to expand the expressive range of German art by bringing it to the expressive disciplines of the Renaissance. The vistas of the Alps, and the breadth and vigor of the … Continue reading

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