Tag: Philosophy
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Noticing the Ordinary
Let’s consider the socially awkward Clark Kent. He constantly makes a total fool of himself in front of the charming Lois Lane. He stumbles, falls and never fails to embarrass himself when he’s around her as she overlooks the ordinary Clark. As beautiful Lois is to Clark, we know that she feels inadequate in front of…
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The Stranger
He is an undeserving prisoner of a very broken reality. The stranger cannot accept any standard answers of why they are the way they are. He sees hypocrisy and sentimentality everywhere and cannot overlook it. The stranger is an individual who cannot accept the explanations that are normally given to him to explain about the workplace, educational system,…
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Raw Passage: Our Grief
Who knows how long I have been awake now. My mental aches are showing. Since the new year, I have been in grief. I dare not say the reasons. I may be misunderstood in ways, unimaginable. At first, it felt like a small disaster. After a while, it grew into a whirlwind of thoughts and…
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Imperfect, Impermanent and Incomplete
“The world breaks everyone and afterward many are strong in the broken pieces.” – Earnest Hemingway.
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Raw Passage: The Cafe
The cafe is an early riser as it starts to operate while the world is still asleep. Four in the morning seems too early, even for the birds to wake and carry out their worm hunts. Chairs are put down and tables wiped. Curtains are pulled up so hastily while the first batch of coffee…
The Reasonable Writer by Faizul H. Ibrahim 