Nicholas Andriani

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Scribes and Sake: Kasa-Jizo (かなじぞ)

Aug 3, 2021

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Nicholas Andriani

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Reading fairytales within the origin language. Contextual agreements between time and place, emotions and aesthetics. We might localize our hearts out but truth be told we humans are too complex to translate. #japanese #japaneselanguage #folklore #fable
The Japanization of Modernity: Murakami Haruki between Japan and the United States

Feb 1, 2021

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Nicholas Andriani

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Oh, Murakami, you sly fox, you mercurial and fluid, thread a web between East and west that we at once desperately need and can’t quite comprehend. And yet we return, thirsty and increasingly drunk of the elixir that is the product of your craft.
The Oh-So-Poetic Roshambeaux of Rome in the Thunder Dome: A Rise to a Fall.

Jul 8, 2020

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Nicholas Andriani

in #WisdomWednesday, Europe, folklore, history, literary nonfiction, philosophy, politics, writing

The story of Rome is one of civilizations greatest epics. One of humanity’s greatest successes. And perhaps even greater failures. And thus, all at once perhaps its most tragic. In just over 500-centuries what began as a humble village, just a salty sea breeze away from the Mediterranean, calcified into a peal, a nucleus upon…
Sunday Morning – A Poem

Apr 26, 2020

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Nicholas Andriani

in Flash Poem, Flash Poetry, Poem, poet, Poetry, writing

Sunday Morning BY WALLACE STEVENS I Complacencies of the peignoir, and lateCoffee and oranges in a sunny chair,And the green freedom of a cockatooUpon a rug mingle to dissipateThe holy hush of ancient sacrifice.She dreams a little, and she feels the darkEncroachment of that old catastrophe,As a calm darkens among water-lights.The pungent oranges and…
Bathing With Amy Lowell (1874-1925): A Poem to Feed Your Week

Apr 13, 2020

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Nicholas Andriani

in #mondaymotivation, copywriting, Flash Poem, Flash Poetry, ON WRITING, Poem, poet, Poetry, quote, quote of the day, the writers life, travel writing, writing

Little spots of sunshine lie on the surface of the water and dance, dance, and their reflections wobble deliciously over the ceiling; a stir of my finger sets them whirring, reeling
What the Hell is Water? David Foster Wallace and the Need to Believe

Apr 3, 2020

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Nicholas Andriani

in quote, quote of the day, writing

“Because here’s something else that’s weird but true: in the day-to day trenches of adult life, there is actually no such thing as atheism. There is no such thing as not worshipping. Everybody worships. The only choice we get is what to worship. And the compelling reason for maybe choosing some sort of god or…