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“Poetry as a Spiritual Exercise,“ by Jean-Wahl (1942) translation by Timothy Lavenz (2013) A spiritual exercise, first, in the etymological sense of the word: exercise of the breath, of rhythm – and this rhythm will be both passive and active, a … Continue reading →

Walter Benjamin once wrote, “the knowledge of which we can give the clearest account will be the most profound.” For Benjamin, this meant a theory of knowledge and a concept of experience as little grounded in subjectivity and “cognizing consciousness” … Continue reading →

… A sensitive (riven) man writes, but only to reach where he knows he cannot reach, to attain the unattainable. He imagines that the instant of writing creates these future encounters, but he knows his imagination fails him. God – … Continue reading →