Wilberto Ortiz
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language as a bloom
Similar to the blooming of a flower is what language is to human evolution. The stem patiently grows and grows until it blooms into Beauty itself. Once out for the world to see, it blesses us with its spores that plans a more beautiful future. Language allowed for humans to imagine a better dialogue of…
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Acerola Sky
The Acerola Sky, As sweet as She is sour, Infatuates with Her ephemeral blush. Submerged en la sangria of Her floral oasis, All I can do is float up in pursuit of, Breathing in Her heavenly rouge. But Her spirited bloom fades, Leaving me withdrawn until the next revelation. I wonder if a single soul…
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Taquitos and the Remembering Self
One of my most cherished moments from early elementary school was in the 4th grade. My close friend David, a native from Mexico, alongside his mother treated the class to taquitos and some authentic Mexican candies as part of a day to commemorate Mexican culture. The candies came in packets and were gel like in…
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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…
Cosmic Latte 