Texts & notes
There’s a growing trend toward public sexual openness — and while I fully support consent and adult freedom, something about this new performative sexuality feels… adolescent. So let me finally articulate why threads like “How I choose nipple clamps” make me roll my eyes.
Swearing in a planned text is almost always a sign of weakness — not power. In Russian especially, profanity is a rare, dangerous jewel. And the more often an author uses it, the cheaper it becomes.
Every ancient culture has a story about a great flood. Bible, Sumer, India, China, the Nordics — everyone remembers the world drowning once. Why?
Why did humans even invent the idea of burying the dead? Hygiene? Fear? Respect?
If naming a fear makes it smaller, then maybe this isn’t just psychology — maybe it’s a universal human myth.
Why do dragons appear in every culture on Earth?
How Russian govenrment drew the line between its friends and enemies and how it backlashes them.
Interpreting a loaded quote through orthogonal vs opposing attributes — and why context matters.
A short essay on how turning a raw feeling into a piece of art requires holding it in focus long enough to shape it.