Wilberto Ortiz
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Summary and Response of Zadie Smith’s “The Lazy River”
“The Lazy River” is a short story of a narrator discussing her vacation at a Spanish resort with a Lazy River, a popular water attraction found usually at water parks where one floats along in a big circle of flowing water in a relaxed, lazy-like manner. This particular Lazy River can be enjoyed endlessly until…
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Zadie Smith on Shame, Rage, & Writing
In this 17 minute interview for the Louisiana Channel conducted in 2018, Zadie shares some thoughts on the topic of shame, rage, and writing. Shame to Zadie is a very useful emotion, particularly with writing as she believes “writing is all shame.” Shame comes in a variety of forms at all levels of societies and…
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Zadie Smith – Biography
Zadie Smith was born in the Willesden area of London on October 27, 1975 to a Jamaican mother and a British father. She was originally called “Sadie” but changed her name as a child because it seemed more interesting. Though she began writing stories at the age of 6, her main passion as a child…
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The Happiness Hypothesis: Haidt on Divinity
Jonathan Haidt is a social psychologist at NYU whose work focuses around the psychology of morality. He has a wonderful book in my personal top five called The Happiness Hypothesis, where he merges ancient wisdom with modern truth to create a formula for happiness. I will discuss a chapter of the book titled “Divinity With…
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Tiers of Tears
Like water cycling around the darkness of the soil underneath to the cloudy heavens up above, the water from our tears have a way of moving us up and down the vertical axis of divinity. There are two types of these tears that interact in almost yin yang fashion: tears of suffering and tears of…
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Barista of Beauty
Barista of Beauty, So much more than the mere Supply of espresso delight. She is rather a boundless piece of art, Of which one glance transfers me To the realm of the Divine Latte, Whose aroma of invigorating steam Seduces me into a serene dream of caffeine. The most stimulating part of the day, Such…
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Christianity and Nature
So I am currently taking an environmental philosophy course and I recently read an article by the late American historian Lynn White Jr. titled, “The Historical Roots of our Ecological Crisis.” I found this article to be extremely fascinating as I had never stopped to consider what role religion has had on society’s view of…
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BJJ is the Way
I recently embarked on a new journey as a student of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu (BJJ). I had kept my practice quiet from most of my social circle as I focused on getting acclimated to such a new and exciting world. I decided to break my silence after getting my first stripe. Because of this, I…
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Shundori Latte
Shundori Latte I rise with you in my mind, For a night’s rest wakes me withdrawn From that body of fragrance of which one inhale Could cleanse the palate of any man, But this blend is specifically for me, Handpicked by the Goddess Voluptuous And roasted in the flames of the fruit of passion, Mishti…
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Ethical Will
One of my favorite assignments I have ever done in college was writing an ethical will for my intro to ethics class back in 2017. An ethical will is like a standard will but instead of leaving material possessions behind, you leave behind moral and ethical values. I highly encourage you all write one, as…
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