Unless we ourselves are The Barbarians …

Spectres and Souls   there are no barbarians anymore
those people were a kind of solution
unless we
ourselves
unless we ourselves
are The
Barbarians
unless we
ourselves
are The
Barbarians … Laurie Anderson added these words to her incantation-like reading of C.P.… Read

Waiting for the Barbarians in a Garbage Time of History

Intersecting with Eternity 歷史的垃圾時間   This chapter in Intersection with Eternity is paired with MAGADU — Kubla Khan, Xanadu & the 2024 American presidential election, part of our series Spectres & Souls, our account of the Danse Macabre between the United States of America and the People’s Republic of China (for more on this on-going gyration, see the Epilogue to China’s Highly Consequential Political Silly Season).… Read

Other People’s Thoughts L

Other People’s Thoughts This is the fiftieth chapter in Other People’s Thoughts, a China Heritage series inspired by a compilation of quotations put together by Simon Leys (Pierre Ryckmans), one of our Ancestors, during his reading life.… Read

Only ever one step away — Lao Shu’s travels in time and space

The Other China 天下本來無事，糾結只在人心。
以為有分有別，其實無古無今。 The world itself is without strife, it’s just people’s hearts that make it so. As for all of those differences and distinctions, in reality there is neither the past nor the present.… Read