On the Art of Not Narrating (Miniature IX)
Criticism of Cuban linear narrative pedagogy, which ignores the avant-garde “art of not narrating” of Beckett, Borges, and Piñera.
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The Chibás and Cuba
Tribute to Raúl Chibás, who links his heroic lineage with the tragic failed continuity of Cuban independence.
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Portrait of Baudelaire
A tragic and visionary dandy, Baudelaire transformed the misery and splendor of Paris into poetry where the abyss becomes beauty.
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From S.B.’s Theater to Pizarnik’s Hell (Miniature V)
An exploration of Beckett’s influence on Alejandra Pizarnik.
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A Brief Stroll (with RB) Along the Edges of Language
Irony in Barthes, that method of destabilizing the certainties of language, criticism, and discourse.
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Ontological Relics
Lisyanet Rodríguez’s work transforms memory and pain into an ontological exploration of humanity, where painting is a form of resistance against forgetting.
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Lezama Looks at El Greco
Lezama sees El Greco as a Baroque painter who fused Venetian and Castilian styles, transcending into modernity.
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Is It Necessary to Say No? The Affirmative Ontology and Its Secrets
Aristotle subordinates negativity to an affirmative ontology of potentiality and actuality, founding a tradition that prioritizes difference and becoming over being/non-being.
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László Krasznahorkai: Between Beauty, Ruin, and Deep Obsession
Krasznahorkai’s trance-like, apocalyptic prose transforms collapse into a spiritual aesthetics that bridges Western ruin and Eastern contemplation—while risking a slide from lucidity into resigned nihilism.
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The Return of Yin in the Political Formation of China
The reintroduction of the feminine principle (Yin) served as a structural correction that gave shape and stability to the Han dynasty after the collapse of the absolute masculine power (Yang) of the Qin.