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The Twilight Zone79

Cortazar and The Twilight Zone: Dimensions of Similarities

The book of short stories Blow-up by Cortázar and the show The Twilight Zone both address social issues by masking them behind a fantastical façade. Because of this and other factors, many of Cortázar’s stories could easily be scripts for episodes of The Twilight Zone.

0 comments    fantasy science fiction allegory
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don't leave your dreams hanging in your closet

 "Dreaming is an act of pure imagination, attesting in all men a creative power, which if it were available in waking, would make every man a Dante or Shakespeare".  (H.F. Hedge) I know it might surprise...

2 comments    love life relationships
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Why Symbolism is Important

A discussion of the symbolic images that surround us, and how to interpret them.

2 comments    faith truth philosophy
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The Black Rose

The Black Rose has great significance in the occult, Christianity, Myth and modern Gothicism. In occult liturature the black rose was commonly used as a synonym for impurity, evil and darkness. I have...

0 comments    love poetry people
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In Our Own Image

I have studied many religions by reading many of the writings that provide the basis for their metaphysical, cosmological and esoterical beliefs. From the Koran to the Bible and from the Bhagavadgita to the...

religion god philosophy
"La Pistolera" aka El Tejano's Jacket, acrylic on denim, 2009, Richard Van Ingram54

An Outlaw Speaks

"La Pistolera" aka El Tejano's Jacket, acrylic on denim, 2009, Richard Van Ingram I was sitting in the Hollywood Hawaiian HotelI was staring in my empty coffee cupI was thinking that the gypsy wasn't lyin'All...

2 comments    poetry writing jesus
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The Invisible Kingdom chapter1

In fear, I tightly gripped my empty heart necklace in my numb fingers. What were those blood curling screams that were swarming around in my head? This dark, mysterious part of the Deep Forest many...

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A Robot's Review of Stan Lee's Silver Surfer #1

 When you start thinking about the works of Stan Lee, as I did when I reviewed the first appearance of Doctor Strange, there is no way to get around the work he did with the Silver Surfer.  His treatment of...

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The Dogs

The Dogs      It’s nothing like it was when we first moved into the neighborhood. I’m not saying it is better. I’m just saying it’s different.  My memory of when we first arrived is very...

0 comments    allegory ism primal fear
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The Future You Spoil

An opinion of the oil situation done more-or-less in the style of Dr. Seuss.

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