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Shiz with Crys

Crystal Duan

gonzo journalism but the drug trip is just my inner monologue. if you're interested in philosophy as blood sport + narrated in first person you've come to the right place

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time to remember part iii

除了在这里,我很少谈起母亲教给我的那些哲学。朋友指出,我总称她为“我那可悲的母亲”;可直到最近,我才意识到,我根本不知道该如何把她说成一个我所爱的人。我在感情上对母亲”ambivalent”,说不出那些脆弱的话;很抱歉,这个习惯也蔓延到了别处。我知道,我大概只会在你面前整个人融化掉……真烦人啊,“我爱你”偏偏是对我而言最难说出口的几个字;我甚至会眼睁睁让那个男人溜走,因为一旦承认自己爱他,我又害怕亲手否认这份爱……这可真是对辩证法的一种暴烈抵抗。

所以,更安全的做法,是把我...

3 days ago

cut for time: winnie the pooh rothko

I’ve been looking at a lot of art lately. There are places in the grand world full of every wonder that do feel shut off to me, and you can bet it is the art world that has a chokehold on me. I’ve gone to Sotheby’s and the Chelsea galleries...

6 days ago
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time to remember part ii

小时候, 妈教了我 她最爱用的词:“矛盾”。 英文翻译: “contradiction”。妈特别爱说起这个概念。她说懂世界就需要懂“矛盾”。

“矛盾”这次什么意思呢?这俩字是“矛”和“盾”,说明打仗时要用这俩玩意儿。

故事是这样说的:有一个商人在卖兵器。首先,他举起一把矛,向人群夸口道:“我的矛锐利无比,无论多坚固的盾,都能刺穿!”他又举起一块盾,吹嘘道:“我的盾坚固无比,无论多锋利的矛,都无法刺穿!”

人群里的一位旁观者问:“如果用你的矛去刺你的盾,会怎么样?”

商...

16 days ago

Brüderlichkeit

Sometimes when I’m walking down the street, I lift my eyes to look out at a different ecosystem than the one that immediately occupies me in the big city. If I’m lucky, I’ll see the beautiful sight of a flock of birds crossing the sky in a...

23 days ago
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Synoikismos

It’s a hot summer night, shortly after 4am, as Ariadne’s lying on the roof of the bar above Lily’s in the East Village, when suddenly she’s joined by the person she’s been waiting for. Her eyes are closed but she raises an eyebrow. “Hello,...

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