Second Neo-Realist Manifesto (From Peirce to Lezama Lima)
Transcendental Realism understands reality as an aesthetic and relational experience, resolving oppositions through a trichotomous function that transcends binary logic.
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Berliozianas: Rigoletto
Rigoletto, the opera in which Verdi shows that there is no revenge, curse, or master plan that can stand against the enormous force of human stupidity.
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A Small Apocalypse
Writing here today, in this city, on this street, in this dark apartment, is an irrational act of stubbornness, an old man’s pastime.
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Berliozianas: Turandot
‘Turandot’ is a parade of grandiloquence with monumental choruses, catchy melodies, and a cynical romance marked by threats and poorly managed trauma.
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Only God is Enough
In 1643, while Louis XIV plays and Torricelli presents the barometer, eight libertines in Paris debate faith, reason, and heresy in a lively salon.
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Stendhal at the dawn of the century
In this text rescued from Gastón Baquero, Stendhal invents prophecies that guide Proust, who merges his creations with reality.
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A chair and a demon for ‘Un Coup de dés’
‘Un Coup de dés’ represented an impossible challenge for Odilon Redon, who was unable to fully translate abstract silences into images.
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Another Possibility for Fiction
Some time ago, a photo of Rimbaud circulated on social media that was not “real.” It had been created using
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A Venice of Shadows
Venice has been Tintoretto for me. And Tintoretto is the painter of writers, as Mary McCarthy said.