Inquiry as a Dialogue with the Unspeakable

The Writer says: “A recurring motif is the inability of characters to fully articulate their desires, fully understand what their experiences mean, leaving much unsaid.” Yet, her practice of inquiry, whether in the formal context of her spiritual practice with “fellow travellers,” or in personal and professional encounters and explorations has developed over time and […]

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From Infinitive to Conditional to Subjunctive and Beyond

A digression that could become an obsession or maybe another lesson in poetic expression   Marguarite Duras was known to have said, “To write is to try to find out what we would write if we wrote,” which Irene Vallejo, in her book Papyrus, notes is to move from the infinitive to the conditional and

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A Zibaldone Reflection: On the Myth of the Fountain Pen

A Zibaldone Reflection: On the Myth of the Fountain Pen It was a Parker 51, burgundy, with a gold cap. My father gave it to me when I was twelve, the Christmas before Cory disappeared. I remember the feel of it—its weight, the smoothness of the lacquer, the way the nib glided, effortlessly inscribing my

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The Way I Write: A Manifesto By Isabella Sinclaire

Introduction to Isabella Sinclaire and The Way I Write Isabella Sinclaire is a writer, thinker, and explorer of the imaginal, whose work traverses the intersections of literature, philosophy, psychology, and personal inquiry. Holding a PhD in these cross-disciplinary fields, she approaches writing not merely as a craft but as an ontological commitment—a way of unraveling

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Of Memory, Reminiscence, and Writing

  Of Memory, Reminiscence, and Writing “as though, in order to begin writing, one did not have to forget or otherwise suppress most of what memory and reminiscence have meant; as though the entire matter of memory, reminiscence, recall, recollection, reverie, and repetition were not an endless overture arising out of an absolute past, incapable

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Welcome to The Lost Notebooks of Isabella Sinclaire

  Imagine stumbling upon an old, weathered notebook filled with fragments of stories, cryptic notes, sketches of worlds, and half-finished thoughts—a treasure trove of possibility, mystery, and inspiration. That’s the spirit behind The Lost Notebooks of Isabella Sinclaire, a writing project that unfolds in layers, evolving over time through a series of blog entries. Each

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The Poetic Reconstruction of Reality: Insights from Gabriel García Márquez

Introduction In the rich tapestry of Latin American literature, Gabriel García Márquez’s “100 Years of Solitude” stands as a towering work, weaving together reality and magical realism. In Chapter 15 of Gerald Martin’s biography, titled “Melquiades, The Magician,” we find a profound reflection on Márquez’s approach to storytelling. This reflection offers a unique perspective on

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Alone Together at Café Café

Alone Together at Café Café  There is music playing everywhere. A young couple, alone together at Café Café Prague discuss their living arrangements. Plan next departures with built-in rendezvous points, all the while dreaming alternate lines of flight they never speak about. An author of some renown scribbles notes as she listens to the conversations

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