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Esther Lidya Lasut

Esther Lidya Lasut

Why?

A legend goes about the story of a mason and a carpenter. One day, as the carpenter labored in the construction of a great cathedral, he…

Jan 13

Why?

Jan 13

Esther Lidya Lasut

The Passenger & Stella Maris: Cormac McCarthy and the Prophecies of the Bleakest Seer

The late art critic Peter Schejdahl once wrote a piece about an art show that starts with his observation of autumn in New York:

May 27, 2023

The Passenger & Stella Maris: Cormac McCarthy and the Prophecies of the Bleakest Seer

May 27, 2023

Esther Lidya Lasut

Literary Archive No. 2: On the Elegant Notion of Paying Attention

There are a lot of things that become visible once you pay attention, as if they have taken on a different light: how the guardrail of the…

Feb 5, 2023

Literary Archive No. 2: On the Elegant Notion of Paying Attention

Feb 5, 2023

Esther Lidya Lasut

New Year and the Quest for Radical Hope

I used to think that although we are small and we are brief, our existence is a peculiar thing. What I experienced instead was not moment…

Dec 21, 2022

New Year and the Quest for Radical Hope

Dec 21, 2022

Esther Lidya Lasut

Ghost Stories: The Living & The Haunted

Everybody has a ghost story.

Nov 8, 2022

Ghost Stories: The Living & The Haunted

Nov 8, 2022

Esther Lidya Lasut

Literary Archive No. 1: On Literature

There are moments or occurrences in everybody’s lives, one could assume, which act as the marking points when turning to art is not luxury…

Oct 2, 2022

Literary Archive No. 1: On Literature

Oct 2, 2022

Esther Lidya Lasut

The Great Gatsby: Reflection on the Illusion and Futility of Hope

There are two scenes in films that reminded me of the experience finishing The Great Gatsby.

Sep 11, 2022

The Great Gatsby: Reflection on the Illusion and Futility of Hope

Sep 11, 2022

Esther Lidya Lasut

The Lonely City: Urban Alienation through the Lens of Art

Suppose that one was to begin by saying that there is a colour that could communicate urban alienation, the loneliness of being adrift in…

Aug 26, 2022

The Lonely City: Urban Alienation through the Lens of Art

Aug 26, 2022

Esther Lidya Lasut

Play It As It Lays: A Place Where Meaning Collapses

“People are afraid to merge on freeways in Los Angeles. This is the first thing I hear when I come back to the city. Blair picks me up from…

Jul 11, 2022

Play It As It Lays: A Place Where Meaning Collapses

Jul 11, 2022

Esther Lidya Lasut

Esther Lidya Lasut

“I had been paralyzed by the conviction that writing was an irrelevant act, that the world as I had understood it no longer existed.”

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