Topic

Life

A collection of 45 issues

The Strange Look of Grief and Recognition

Grief is strange, almost ineffable. I think of it as a mask that distorts, a palpable yet ephemeral presence — a look on a face that is at once alien and achingly familiar. I’ve seen it reflected back at me in mirrors, in the eyes of friends, in strangers on

The Hollowing

In the fading hours of twilight, where shadows stretch their thin fingers across landscapes that have long lost their meaning, he observes a world now entrenched in the dull hum of transaction. Once, there was depth. The waters of life felt bottomless, rich with the sediment of genuine connection, of

Between the Dream and the Deed : A Symphony of Infinite Becoming

I stand at a crossroads — no map, no compass, just the faintest echoes of the footsteps I’ve taken thus far. Each path offers its own torment: on one side, the allure of the dream, on the other, the burden of action. Both repulse me, in their own way. Dreaming

On the Nature of Desire and Love : Can Love Truly Be Experienced?

In the dim-lit chambers of human consciousness, desire weaves a delicate and relentless thread. It whispers softly, sometimes erupting into a tempest, pulling at the edges of our reality with a simple question : what do we want? It is an invisible force that animates the mundane and the profound. Like

Between Stars and Dust : Embracing the Banal and the Infinite

Imperious, inscrutable, and utterly banal — life persists as if indifferent to the meanings we attempt to assign it. For as long as I’ve wandered through its corridors, I have felt both its infinite majesty and its crushing monotony. At times, the air tastes of grandeur, of some ethereal secret

Distraction : Humanity’s Eternal Quest to Escape the Abyss

Distraction as the Heartbeat of Human Life Humanity has always been, and perhaps will always be, engaged in some form of distraction. From the dawn of civilization to our hyper-connected digital age, we have filled our lives with activities, pursuits, and technologies designed to divert our attention. But why? What

The Beauty of Trust : The Unseen Fabric of Humanity, Society, and the Cosmos

There’s a moment in everyone’s life when trust breaks, shattering something within us so deep that it’s hard to breathe. The rawness of betrayal, the suffocating feeling of being let down — it stings. Yet, even in this heart-wrenching space, trust somehow clings to the edges of our

When we Fails to See Life as a Journey

Life as a Destination-Oriented Race Humanity has, for millennia, struggled with understanding life not as a set of fixed points but as a journey of continuous transformation. We chase goals, accumulate material, and aspire to become “something” rather than embrace the fluidity of existence. The notion of life as a

Echoes of Absence

He could still feel the emptiness when someone he loved was gone — an aching sensation, as if part of him had been carved out and left behind in the shadows of their absence. It was a feeling that haunted him, coming in waves, sometimes gentle and nostalgic, at other times

Through the Mirrors of Others : Self-Awareness, Projections, and the Paradox of Identity

The human experience is rife with irony, and few ironies are as deeply embedded in our existence as the one tied to self-awareness. We perceive ourselves not in isolation but through the lenses of others, often unwittingly projecting our fears, desires, and insecurities onto them. This projection distorts our understanding