on markets that are not capitalism, ladies applauding conquistadors, trumpists discovering Palestine, religious contradictions, and the exhaustion of thinking in public.

On Tarot, Psychoanalysis, and the Things We Already Know but Cannot Say

On Class, Capital, and the Ghost That Refuses to Stay Dead

Dostoevsky's Grand Inquisitor prophetically describes our algorithmic society — humanity trading freedom for bread, miracles, and authority, one dopamine hit at a time.

On Being Seen, Being Misread, and the Golden Cage of Belonging

On Mourning, Madness, and the Things We Cannot Put Down

On Jouissance, Self-Destruction, and the Paradox of Consciousness

An exploration of Jan Matejko's Stańczyk and the paradox of the sad clown — finding meaning in comedy, sadness, and the inability to laugh at oneself.

An analysis of Pieter Bruegel's masterpiece in the context of the myth of Parsifal

A march for democracy becomes a scene of class entitlement, violence, and moral theater.

A poem of Vladimir Kotlyarov from Pornofilmy

A Personal Reflection

A Senate session collapses into theater, and the theater reveals what institutional politics has become.