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In the Opposite Direction
Going in the opposite direction is to go upstream on our stream of consciousness, seeing the water fan apart in ever smaller tributaries as they climb the mountain, trembling, weak, but curious. Its where we’re not supposed to go.
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Hyperobjects
Hyperobjects
Telling the story of living my life makes me feel like a motorist who has stopped at a farm in Northern Ireland asking for directions.
Henrik Karlsson
Dec 20, 2018
On relating the unrelatable
On relating the unrelatable
I once did a poetry reading as a friend lay dying in the hospital.
Henrik Karlsson
Nov 22, 2018
Praising a bestial reality
Praising a bestial reality
When Dante finds out how God metes out justice, he is close to vomiting.
Henrik Karlsson
Nov 19, 2018
Becoming what the thoughts pass through
Becoming what the thoughts pass through
Tove sleeps and I step out into the woods next to the apartment, turning on Chopin’s Nocturnes. Lying in the moss, meditating, I realize…
Henrik Karlsson
Nov 18, 2018
The Opposite Direction
The Opposite Direction
One morning on his way to school, Thomas Bernhard turned around in the middle of the street and began to go in what he would later call…
Henrik Karlsson
Nov 17, 2018
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