MUSIC IN PHASE SPACE

Month: January 2022

  • At War With the Archetype: The Fluidity of Roles in the Monomyth

    The archetypes, those universal symbols of human experience, are not fixed stars in the firmament. They are currents in a river, shifting with the flow of time, circumstance, and choice. You may begin as the Hero, setting forth on your journey to slay the dragon, but in the act of victory—or failure—you may find yourself…

  • The Death of Recognition

    People are so entangled in their own subjectivity that the Other ceases to exist as an autonomous being; instead, they are reduced to a projection, a prop in the theater of one’s self-conception. The Other is not seen as a consciousness with its own projects and freedoms but as a necessary validation of the individual’s…

  • The Tower

    Act I: The Creation Ennio leaned over the glowing holographic drafting table, his fingers tracing the edges of a spiraling design that floated midair. In the dim light of his studio, the city outside shimmered like a restless constellation, its towers clawing at the sky in jagged competition. His studio, a sleek capsule perched above…