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Typhaen

'Someday you'll know who I really am. And you won't love me.' - Amity Gaige

About Me

I only want the silence to go deep within my soul, to regain myself in thousand of colors and to make me whole again where the sun rays and the grass are nothing but sun rays and grass. I want to let myself loose inside of me and inside of them… I want to shout, but the sound should not be to be locked behind my own uselessness. I want to let it out in the lukewarm pinkish light of the sun and down the path where my feet in the grass have discovered the easiness of the first gestures. I want a rebirth and I want to make you be born again… forget yourself… and let go until everything melts into eternity… (My diary… February 16, 2006)I will let the water fill in this empty space; I will let this empty space fill in everything… I will let this sacrifice run out of meaning… I will let all the thoughts fill in the space for which they were created; I will let this creation run out of meaning… I will let all the birds fly now; I will let this flight run out of meaning… I will let this scream surround the horizon, and all the mountains, fields, forests; I will let this scream run out of meaning and exhaust its senses… (My diary… December 29, 2006)The basic fact that I am alive confirms the existence and the perpetuation of all the dreams that my ancestors had. I feel a true disappointment growing inside of me… I wonder what will they think if they saw what resulted from their dreams, from their knees bent on the brick floor of cold churches, from their efforts to garner the few fists of flour for the daily dinner, from their repressed sighs in the hot summer nights… I am trying to feel that tingling which spins the wheel further, generation after generation, but there is nothing here… nothing beats under these empty bones… nothing! (My diary…September 8, 2006)

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What is our guilt? All are/ naked, none is safe. And whence,/ is courage: the unanswered question/ the resolute doubt, -/ dumbly calling, deafly listening – that/ in misfortune, even death/ encourages others,/ and in its defeat, stirs./ (Marianne Moore. What are years? Excerpt. 1941.) ********************************************** A few things on my blogs: -The DARK Side is a series of blogs that deals with dark issues, things that we all are afraid to admit. It is dark experimental fiction. -The LIGHT Side is a series of blogs that bears a different character. This is fiction too but inspirational and dealing with some autobiographical aspects. The images in these blogs are supposed to be very beautiful. -The GOLDEN Sides are part fiction and they are meant to bring awareness on life with all its aspects. These blogs are not so rich in images and they are supposed to make people think about the values of the society we live in. The feelings in these blogs are 100% mine and some of the images in them are things I went through. -The SILVER Sides are blogs that consist mainly of conversations. I am both the interviewer and the interviewee and I discuss about things that make me who I am. These blogs are entirely autobiographical. -The PURPLE Side is a series of blogs on dreams and paranormal stuff. The blogs deal with the occult and the supernatural and they are written in a language that faithfully constructs the image of a dream. -The EMERALD Side is the newest series of blogs on political and social issues. The blogs here are short and deal with a lot of aspects people find it easy to comment on.

My Interests

I always portray myself as a flea, although people don’t get that about me at first… the three main characteristics of a flea are: 1) you’d better be really good to catch it… because it’s tiny, tiny, tiny, it might be in your face but you don’t see it… 2) it gives you something to think about… every flea lives you scratching and wondering about it, it lives you with a mark, a sign but when you tried to see what caused it, well, read no. 1 again… 3) the main reason why the flea doesn’t stay for long is that it’s curious about the world… about what’s out there… all the plants, the animals, the people, great landscapes, great new places… The perfect illustration is the following poem: “Behind every great man/ there sits a rat./ And behind every great rat,/ there’s a flea./ Beside the flea there is an encyclopedia./ Every now and then the flea sneezes, looks up,/ and flies into action, reorganizing history./ The rat says, ‘God, I HATE irony.’/ To which the great man replies,/ ‘Now, now, now, darling, drink your tea.’ “(James Tate. “Little Poem with Argyle Socks”)

I'd like to meet:

people who lead their lives without obeying to rules... or people who break the rules and replace them with something else... I don't believe there's a pattern to life (meaning, for example, we live, get married and die)... I believe that anybody has the power to make their own world without listening to others... So, I like people with a vision, people who are not afraid, people who "build bridges where they're not," people who DARE!!! (I DON'T ADD people with PRIVATE PROFILES unless they send me a message and tell me why they would like to be my friend)"Arms and the man. This arm ends in a hand/ Which grasps a neatly, elegantly drawn/ Cock – erect and spurting tiny stars – / And balls." (James Merrill. Graffito. Excerpt. 1988.)

Music:

well... this is a long story... to cite a verse from Kasabian "music is my lover" and it is indeed!!! I am obsessed about music, desperate... call me whatever, but it's true! :) I listen to a lot of different genres... it depends on the mood, I guess... BUT I like music that challenges me... I detest pop music, anything else (non-commercial stuff)goes! I love hundreds of bands, especially those who strive to get their message through even if they encounter constant opposition from the world.... My absolute favorite bands in no particular order (by that I mean that I listened to them every day or every other day :)) are...................... COIL, PINK FLOYD, JOY DIVISION, RADIOHEAD, SUEDE... yup! they're all British! So, you might figure out the other bands I listen to... but not quite... for example I'm a huge fan of Joanna Newsom or John Martyn, to name a very few! To wrap it up... music is my number one hobby, and yes! I buy too many CDs... and yes! I read music magazines too (like Uncut, Filter, Under The Radar,Mojo, The Wire, NME etc.) because I love to know the story behing the bands or singers I listen too...and yes! I learn to play guitar :)))Other bands/singers I listen to (I will list only the ones that come first to my mind right now!): LEGENDARY PINK DOTS, SCOTT WALKER, BRIAN ENO, HAROLD BUDD, CURRENT 93, NEW ORDER, NURSE WITH WOUND, ALPHAVILLE, ULTRAVOX, HOLGER CZUKAY, FENNESZ, KULA SHAKER, OASIS, BLUR, PIXIES, INTERPOL, TOR LUNDVALL, NURSE WITH WOUND, KASABIAN, EDITORS, PULP, MANIC STREET PREACHERS, SMASHING PUMPKINS, LUSTMORD, STEVE ROACH, NAZARETH, SILVER APPPLES, SOFT MACHINE, BLACK SABBATH, NIGHTWISH, LACUNA COIL, ARCADE FIRE, STEVE HILLAGE, VELVET UNDERGROUND, NICO, ANTONY AND THE JOHNSONS, THE BLACK ANGELS, SIX ORGANS OF ADMITTANCE, AMEL LARIEUX, STONE ROSES, THE SMITHS, DEVENDRA BANHART, HUSKY RESCUE, DAMON & NAOMI, WOLF EYES, COMETS ON FIRE, MARISSA NADLER, BRIDGET ST JOHN, LINDA PERHACS, VASHTI BUNYAN, WISHBONE ASH, JOHN COLTRANE, GARY MOORE, JOHN LEE HOOKER, JIMI HENDRIX, ESPERS, VETIVER, JAMIROQUAI, ANOUK, INDIA ARIE, JILL SCOTT, DWIGHT ASHLEY, JADE WARRIOR, AUTECHRE, URIAH HEEP, THIN LIZZY, THE SHINS, DUKE SPECIAL, RAY LAMONTAGNE, ARETHA FRANKLIN, DEAD MEADOW, GLADYS KNIGHT, STEVE MARTYN, PLACEBO, THE FALL, DAVID SYLVIAN, THIGHPAULSANDRA, IAN BODDY, TIM HECKER, CYCLOBE, ENTRANCE, THROBBING GRISTLE ETC. ETC. ETC. (the list goes on and on...)

Movies:

not a huge fan of movies... I like mainly the European movies (especially the Spanish, German, and British cinema) that can be labeled as "non-commercial." I don't have a particular director that I like, anyone with a powerful message will do. I don't like movies for their topic, I like them for the particular state of mind they put me when I'm watching them... they might mean nothing in another context in a different moment in time...

Television:

don't watch TV... sorry!

Books:

Some of the books I love (I have several hundreds of favorite books and authors, the list hardly represent the 5th percent of a percent :)) 1. HARUKI MURAKAMI - Hardboiled Wonderland and the End of the Earth 2. RYU MURAKAMI - Almost Transparent Blue 3. BANANA YOSHIMOTO - Kitchen 4. CARLOS RUIZ ZAFON - The Shadow of the Wind 5. COLM TOIBIN - The Story of the Night 6. WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS - The Place of Dead Ends 7. AGNETA PLEIJEL - Lord Nevermore 8. YUKIO MISHIMA - Spring Snow 9. IAN McEWAN - The Cement Garden 10. JOSEPH CONRAD - Heart of Darkness 11. THOMAS MANN - Doctor Faustus 12. DANIEL DEFOE - A Journal of the Plague Year 13. GEORGE ORWELL - 1984 14. PAUL AUSTER - In the Country of Last Things 15. ALDOUS HUXLEY - Point Counter Point 16. THOMAS WOLFE - Look Homeward, Angel 17. WILLIAM FAULKNER - Light in August 18. JAMES BALDWIN - Giovanni's Room 19. AMELIE NOTHOMB - Hygiene de l'Assasin 20. J.K. HUYSMANS - La-Bas (Down There) 21. ABE KOBO - The Woman in the Dunes

Heroes:

"This is the last year./ There will be no other,/ but heartless nature/ seemingly relents./ Never has a winter sun/ Spilled so much light,/ never have so many flowers/ dared such early bloom./ The air is brilliant, sharp./ Never have I taken/ such long, long breaths." (Robert Friend, '"The Last Year," Dancing with a Tiger: Poems 1941-1998)

My Blog

The Silver Side 2 (On Love)

Carefully stepping on the bed of pale brick-limed-colored leaves, we made our way from the depth of the forest towards the small waterfall and its adjoining pond, leaving the quiescent dark-green shad...
Posted by Typhaen on Sun, 19 Aug 2007 06:56:00 PST

The Golden Side 2

Memories, ignominious projections, deleterious shadows, brittle as limestone but yet so powerful, deserving their own right to a piece of you, and made to be torn out into the open whenever you are to...
Posted by Typhaen on Sat, 11 Aug 2007 06:46:00 PST

The Purple Side 2

I was holding with both hands the tiny blue pastel envelope with the invitation. My steps felt like crystal in the open darkness of the night, ephemerally echoing their own emptiness. Under a bright s...
Posted by Typhaen on Fri, 03 Aug 2007 04:13:00 PST

The Dark Side 9

Fear on their deadpan faces as I turn to extract the glossy red sugar cube, the only one in a bowl with translucent pieces. Whisper& Opaque faces, in search of new ways to sell their counterfeited tru...
Posted by Typhaen on Mon, 30 Jul 2007 05:53:00 PST

The Light Side 8

Even when we dream, some things are moving in silence, some waiting for us, some relishing their sap outside of our world, some pretending to still be around but gently whispering their farewell song&...
Posted by Typhaen on Mon, 23 Jul 2007 02:25:00 PST

The Emerald Side 1

These aren't even my words& They just came to me while I was easily being distracted by the workers blaming the raw juice of the trees for their inability to be easily cut& people making way for a new...
Posted by Typhaen on Mon, 16 Jul 2007 03:22:00 PST

The Silver Side 1

Probably no one could tell if we two left the house for a moment and just jumped into the tall grass& leave the silence murder every sound; aware of our witless games. We always went outside in a hurr...
Posted by Typhaen on Wed, 11 Jul 2007 05:46:00 PST

The Purple Side 1

Prisoners constantly in change of our dilemmas, platitudes and pastiches sewn onto our skins like silver& because that is who we are& and that is what we feel& We look at the sky, unable to expiate ou...
Posted by Typhaen on Fri, 06 Jul 2007 07:30:00 PST

The Golden Side 1 (dedicated to Brandon)

I was sitting in silence on a broken sofa and I meant to repair it myself but somehow forgot to. An early Friday afternoon maroons onto my walls dim patches of light jostling into one another into an ...
Posted by Typhaen on Mon, 02 Jul 2007 01:20:00 PST

The Dark Side 8

I never wanted to let you into my temple, ashamed of what you might say when you turned your face to see the truth; an approximation of all the moral virtues you saw in me& left unexposed, inexistent....
Posted by Typhaen on Mon, 02 Jul 2007 04:46:00 PST