2021 Vision Mastermind: Circles as Portals, People as Medicine

From July 1st through July 6th, 2021, I attended a retreat in Costa Rica, at the Imiloa Institute, called “2021 Vision Mastermind”, hosted by life coach Kevin Orosz. These are my reflections.

Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead

~ essay on Hamlet and Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (1990) and the life of the “NPC.”

THE MEDIATOR BETWEEN THE HANDS AND THE HEAD MUST BE THE HEART.

~ short review-essay on Metropolis (1927)

Dreaming of Yuuji and Rengoku

~ short essay on Yuuji and Rengoku, from Jujutsu Kaisen and Demon Slayer, a pair of battle shōnen anime.

Rambo is America’s Shadow

~ short review-essay on the film First Blood (1982)

The Seductions of Clarity

~ essay on a contemporary philosophy paper by C. Thi Nguyen on {false} clarity, conspiracy theories and bureaucratic quantifications, and the seductiveness of such systems of thought in the modern world.

Doctrine of The Invincible

~ essay on the animated series Invincible (2021).

Good and Evil in Knights of the Old Republic

~ essay on the Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic saga.

GODZILLA vs. KONG

~ on Godzilla vs. Kong (2021)

Legend of The Galactic Heroes and “The God of History”

~ In every age, in every place, the deeds of men stay the same.