Confessions of a Dilettante
Far from its pejorative connotation, the figure of the dilettante embraces with passion and freedom the enjoyment of the arts and sensory pleasures, regardless of professional or academic rigidity.
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Notes for an Aesthetic of Card Games
In artistic representations of card players throughout history, the tension between the moral condemnation and aesthetic beauty of the game stands out.
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Peruvian poetry. Memorias Des Trozadas (3 and final)
The narrator reconstructs the fascinating and tragic figure of Peruvian poet Luis Hernández, from the discovery of his handwritten notebooks to the impact of his suicide.
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Dubrovnik: A Place out of this World
Dubrovnik, a haven of history and culture, faces the challenge of touristification as it struggles to preserve its unique identity.
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Letter from Africa
In an abandoned camp in Africa, a soldier finds an unfinished letter that reveals the fear, desire, and harshness of war.
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Peruvian poetry. Memorias Des Trozadas (2)
In this second part, Santiváñez recalls how he discovered Cisneros, Heraud, and Hernández, key figures who influenced his poetic development and cultural commitment from adolescence onwards.
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Berliozianas: Adagio in G minor, “by Albinoni”
An emotionally stirring piece falsely attributed to Albinoni, blending Baroque drama with an aesthetic seductiveness worthy of musical fan fiction.
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A Feathered Creature in a Hall
Albert Serra’s ‘Tardes de soledad’ portrays Roca Rey in an immersive bullfighting ritual, revealing loneliness and sacrifice with an anti-intellectual camera.
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Motive and Chance
The motivations for reading and writing are the product of chance and coincidence, not logic.
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Peruvian poetry. Memorias Des Trozadas (1)
Roy, immersed in the poetry and bohemian life of Piura in 1974, recalls nights of beer, salsa, and verse with his poet friends, while his soul is lost in the vibrant solitude of Lima.