the act of creation is an attempt to enter a mysterious realm. a longing to transcend. what we create allows us to share glimpses of an inner landscape, one that is beyond our understanding. art is our portal to the unseen world.
- rick rubin
ISSUE I
WINTER EDITION
21st December - 13th March
⚜ heroes and villains - morality - desire - hunger - swords - no destiny, only choice - I willed this - fate - power - a burning candle - your younger self and his/her dreams - what plagues you? - why does your heart feel torn? - soul goals - a destiny so strong it makes you sick ⚜
possible research starting points:
Le Morte d'Arthur
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
The Iliad
Oedipus the King
Macbeth
Hamlet
Lord of the Rings
⚜ maariya's note : Destiny, fate, predetermination. Call it what you will. The words in themselves do not even reach the level of monumentality that they hold. Destiny. Fate. The idea that your life is preordained, that everything you are doing is just an echo of what has already been written for you. Or the opposite - the fact that everything you achieve is written in the stars, and had been years before your birth. Your fortune is something divine, as is your misfortune. No matter what path you choose, your destiny will travel the world to meet you. INCEPTO NE DESISTAM.
From the Latin destinare - to determine. Do we determine it, then? Our destiny? Or is it another elusive power? The Greeks had many words for it. εἱρμαρμένη, αἶσα, τυχη. δίκη - justice. μοῖρα - your portion, your lot.
Regardless, we are rendered somewhat powerless in its wake. Are we really just pawns? Will you accept that that is your role? Does that scare you? The pen has been put down, the ink has dried.
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