Freedom comes from within, not from without
Imagine yourself standing completely alone in a small room surrounded by high walls with no light. There is also no door and no window. You start running around with your…
Review – An Austrian Abroad and Hollywood Seduction in ‘LAlien’
As an American that moved to Austria, I had been wanting to read C. E. Miedler’s book for some time. From what I knew of the book it was about…
The Cinder Block House
It’s 7:00 on a July morning in 2013. Winter in Lesotho’s Mokhotlong district. The herd boys whistle as they pass, walking their sheep, goats and skinny cows up into the…
Review – ‘Hidden Camera’ and a celebration of the absurd
An undertaker returns home and finds a movie ticket wedged in his door. Though it only gives the time and location, he goes to the theater and watches a short…
Burma: The Forgotten Land
The Nation That Preferred to Turn In On Itself Outside of the Western democratic world, it is often an unfortunate fact that abundant resources and a lack of fundamental institutions…
A Sole Flame Cast Against a Hall of Mirrors
Being a sole flame cast against a hall of mirrors has always been an excitable affair. It’s the feeling anyone gets as an expat and foreigner in a place they’ve…