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Fast Times at Ilium: The Glorious Lives & Deaths Homer’s Iliad
Keeping with the dualistic nature of Epic literature to be a hero requires great tragedy. One must all at once bring and preserve life while taking it. Within this text, war is clearly demarcated as a symbol of achieving glory.
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Where Are You Going? An Interview with Quo Vadis: On Journaling, Travel, and Memoir.
On the art of journaling, note taking, and recording the world around you. These are my favorite notebooks for daily musings and painting.
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Flash Poem to Self: “Be confident, not sad sap, sipping quietly in corner bar:” On Writing, the Bohemian Lifestyle, and Balancing Art/Mind.
I will be confident — not sad sap, sipping quietly in corner bar. I will be, act, speak with intention. I will be finished, will shop my novel.
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New York City and the Hunt for Turkish Shoes.
It was during my long and dusty sojourn in the Middle East, wandering collapsed, ruined villages, haggling through ancient markets that I first encountered the yemeni, or Turkish slipper. Now, i’m not the most fashion-driven or even fashionable guy, but the effortless, dare I say, timeless cool. Travelblogger and Novelist, Nicholas Andriani takes on fashion and time honored crafts from the ancient villages of Istanbul to Manhattan New York.
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Books, Brew & Merry Christmas (or whatever you’re up to) be it naughty or nice.
Whether you’re downing books, brew, or both, I’m wishing your a wonderful holiday season and merry Christmas,
Nicholas Andriani Rankin 