The Art of Laughter, The Act of Anger

If comedy is “the art of tension diffusion,” as Hannah Gadsby puts it, it’s a different sort of “tension diffusion” she's after – the...

Know Thyself! Or Else What?...

A meandering trip from Gallup, through Norman Rockwell, to LSD – a first part of a duo on Knowing. I hope to soon write the second-part...

Good Grades – Bad Grades

Writer and Illustrator: Keshet Leah Abulof I heard many stories from my friend, and I thought this one is the least scary… Once upon a...

Call Me by Your Name- Do You Love and Leave?

LOVE/R this child is still -born. It assumes airs and love and dies. It had no air, before it needed air, and no amount of wind can bring...

What Does 'Falling in Love' Look Like?

This post is part of Sapienism's online symposium dedicated to Luca Guadagnino's 2017 film, Call Me by Your Name. Each of the four...

A Tale of Unexplored Love and Friendship

One of the first questions that came to my mind while watching Call Me by Your Name was - why choosing this title, and more importantly,...

The Spoils of Paradise

Why leave your love? I search for answers in Call Me by Your Name (the film & the book), and Milton’s Paradise Lost. This post is part of...

A Respite from the Real

The universe of Call Me by Your Name is remarkably separate from external context. The story occurs in a dreamy, unperturbed bubble....

Would You Erase Me?

What if you received an email saying you had been erased from someone’s memory, and that you should no longer attempt to contact them?...

A Century of Self-Determination

Few principles are more powerful, and perilous, than self-determination: It can tear states apart, and erect new ones; it can foster war,...

Nevo: What’s in a Name?

Today, on Nevo’s eleventh birthday, I thought it might be fitting to celebrate on Sapienism, by writing a bit about his name – and trying...

"Carol": Eyes Shut or Wide Open?

Haynes’s 2015 film Carol makes a case for love against all odds – but is that love blind? Movie reviews are as old as cinema itself – for...