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,...
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Uriel
- Apr 21, 2018
- 24 min
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...
Julia
- Apr 17, 2018
- 3 min
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....
Shirley Le Penne
- Feb 14, 2018
- 17 min
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?...
Uriel
- Feb 11, 2018
- 7 min
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,...
Uriel
- Jan 26, 2018
- 6 min
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...
Uriel
- Jan 24, 2018
- 7 min
"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...
Uriel
- Jan 18, 2018
- 4 min
The Music of Choice
Is music our mirror? Sometimes, music is meaning-making – helping us discover what, and whom, we love, and who we are. “Nashe understood...
Uriel
- Dec 25, 2017
- 12 min
The Cat Killed Curiosity?
In a war between the sexes, the main casualty is our humanity. “Cat Person” is a relatable short story, but it risks taking curiosity,...
Uriel
- Dec 15, 2017
- 3 min
On Monsters and Humans
Salma Hayek’s NYT piece, Harvey Weinstein Is My Monster Too, is terrifyingly moving, and inspiring. It also made me wonder about the...
pushpanjalid
- Nov 24, 2023
- 2 min
Journal of the Privilege(d): how we make everything about ourselves, even in War times
Since the start of the Ukraine War Westerners have started their own war of words putting themselves in the spotlight. Does our virtue...
R. V. Blake
- Jun 7, 2022
- 13 min
The Dangers of Unsolicited Discourse
The internet is not a good place for high level discourse, especially not on Facebook. Empathy leaves and authoritarianism slips in...
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