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What's Your Story?

What’s your story? What’s our story? Here you will find a collection of essays, ranging from society and culture to spiritual enlightenment to psychological development. If you don’t dare to ask, or try to put your thoughts and ideas into words, you will never find the answers you’re looking for.

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LOVE.

If Love Is To Mean Anything

22.05.22

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VACCINE MANDATE.

what kind of world do we want to live in?

02.04.22

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UNITY.

8/2/22: where do you draw the line?

08.02.22

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PHILOSOPHY.

8 Ubiquitous Argument Fallacies

23.12.21

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PSYCHOPATHOLOGY.

Unmasking The FOG

22.11.21

EVOLUTION.

30 Evolutionary Truths Everyone Should Know

26.10.21

COMMUNICATION.

Summer Letter, anno 2021

29.09.21

CURIOSITY.

The Importance of Curiosity

24.08.21

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ESSAY.

The Nightmare That Is a Reality

26.07.21

REFLEKSJON (NOR).

Hvem blir “vi” etter pandemien?

30.06.21

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POETRY.

–––– When This is Over

25.05.21

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SYMBOLISM.

Snake Encounter: The Symbolic Meaning

25.05.21

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WISDOM.

10 Metaphorical Truths To Live By

26.04.21

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DILIGENCE.

7 Ways To Improve Your Industriousness

23.03.21

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CONSCIOUSNESS.

An Essay About Social Media

23.02.21

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CONTEMPLATION.

What I’ve Learned from My Travels

25.01.21

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REFLECTIONS.

Recap 2020: Time to Reflect

22.12.20

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GRATITUDE.

Gratitude: 20 Things I’m Grateful For

30.11.20

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HOPE.

Long Heroism, Short Martyrdom

03.11.20

RESEARCH.

10 Prominent News For Our World

03.11.20

REFLECTIONS.

Summer Letter, anno 2020

01.09.20

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KNOWLEDGE.

10 Life-Changing Lessons From My 20’s

07.07.20

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HOPE.

Who Are You in The Chaos?

21.04.20

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FEMINISME (NOR).

Er vi Ideologisk Besatt?

08.03.20

LOVE.

Love Does Not Conquer All

11.02.20

MEANING.

Is Your Time Valuable?

21.01.20

HISTORIE (NOR).

Har du det verre enn besteforeldrene dine?

13.12.19

MEMO.

2019: Memo from MAROA

17.01.19

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wknd edition: greens +🍒

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pequeno pêssego

pequeno pêssego

‘as with lifetimes, so it is with days. none of

‘as with lifetimes, so it is with days. none of them really satisfies us, none is entirely pleasant, and each of them has, if not its worry, then its imperfection, but add them up, and a sum of joy and life will emerge’ - FH, transl. TS

from my essay «if love is to mean anything» –w

from my essay «if love is to mean anything» –where i write to my younger self, coming of age in an modern world: «the modern love story reveals the a great distance and nonexistent resemblance of the ancient notion of love. the eros plato talked about in the platonic dialogues– a love that affords an intelligible grasp on reality, a love that transcends and guides the soul. our modern world consist of a cultural narrative of decadent romanticism and a perverse, permeating feedback loop of bullshit. the corollary is our world appears to be one huge sinking ship were you just have to grab the goodies (e.g. nonsense, sugar, money, sex) while you can because you don't know for how long (or short) it will last. in essence we are trapped, existentially. there is no real love in decadent romanticism. there is simply bullshit. to be sure you will not find «your better half». you will not find someone who worship every aspect of you, that is narcissistic self-love. there is no love where you expect to be "affirmed but not corrected, adored but not improved, loved but not transformed". perfection is not a thing. if it were, you would be bored quite fast. playing games are ultimately about power, not love. moreover, you can never know for certain if you've chosen the right thing or person, certainty is an illusion in and of itself. where does that leave us? as iris murdoch writes; “love is when you can really recognize that something other than yourself is real.»

from byung-chul han's brilliant book, the agony of

from byung-chul han's brilliant book, the agony of eros: ‘the society of positivity, from which negativity has disappeared, is a society of bare life, which is dominated exclusively by the concern “to make sure of survival" in the face of discontinuity. this is a slave’s life. concern for bare life, for survival alone, strips life of all vitality. a survivor is like the undead: too dead to live, and too alive to die.’

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wknd edition: greens +🍒

wknd edition: greens +🍒

pequeno pêssego

pequeno pêssego

‘as with lifetimes, so it is with days. none of

‘as with lifetimes, so it is with days. none of them really satisfies us, none is entirely pleasant, and each of them has, if not its worry, then its imperfection, but add them up, and a sum of joy and life will emerge’ - FH, transl. TS

from my essay «if love is to mean anything» –w

from my essay «if love is to mean anything» –where i write to my younger self, coming of age in an modern world: «the modern love story reveals the a great distance and nonexistent resemblance of the ancient notion of love. the eros plato talked about in the platonic dialogues– a love that affords an intelligible grasp on reality, a love that transcends and guides the soul. our modern world consist of a cultural narrative of decadent romanticism and a perverse, permeating feedback loop of bullshit. the corollary is our world appears to be one huge sinking ship were you just have to grab the goodies (e.g. nonsense, sugar, money, sex) while you can because you don't know for how long (or short) it will last. in essence we are trapped, existentially. there is no real love in decadent romanticism. there is simply bullshit. to be sure you will not find «your better half». you will not find someone who worship every aspect of you, that is narcissistic self-love. there is no love where you expect to be "affirmed but not corrected, adored but not improved, loved but not transformed". perfection is not a thing. if it were, you would be bored quite fast. playing games are ultimately about power, not love. moreover, you can never know for certain if you've chosen the right thing or person, certainty is an illusion in and of itself. where does that leave us? as iris murdoch writes; “love is when you can really recognize that something other than yourself is real.»

from byung-chul han's brilliant book, the agony of

from byung-chul han's brilliant book, the agony of eros: ‘the society of positivity, from which negativity has disappeared, is a society of bare life, which is dominated exclusively by the concern “to make sure of survival" in the face of discontinuity. this is a slave’s life. concern for bare life, for survival alone, strips life of all vitality. a survivor is like the undead: too dead to live, and too alive to die.’