Writing

Essays, thoughts, and explorations on the information age, our connection to nature, historical perspectives, and the human experience.

essays

Free Will and Actualization in Chiang's Story of Your Life

March 202216 min read

Free Will and Actualization in Chiang's Story of Your Life

In Chiang's Story of Your Life, Louise's daughter is the focal point of the narrative, representing the beauty of teleological free will and actualizing a predetermined future.

essays

The Spanish Civil War and its Influence on Twentieth Century Europe

May 202335 min read

The Spanish Civil War and its Influence on Twentieth Century Europe

The Spanish Civil War attracted vast amounts of critical reception abroad, in large part because of mass executions carried out by both sides. Such events elicitedharsh artistic reception and fathered works like Orwell’s Homage to Catalonia, Hemingway’sFor Whom the Bell Tolls, and Picasso’s Guernica.

poetry

The Forgotten Mile

January 20243 min read

The Forgotten Mile

A lone stretch of beach watches on as a family grows older, and the sands of time erode memories of the past.

reviews

A Review of On Our Way Home from the Revolution: Reflections on Ukraine

December 202310 min read

A Review of On Our Way Home from the Revolution: Reflections on Ukraine

Essay Collection by: Sonya Bilocerkowycz.