Through nigredo, albedo, and rubedo, Devon Hansen traces Scottie’s failed alchemical opus—where the death of ideal self-images becomes the necessary mortification individuation demands. The second chapter of the Vertigo series explores transformation without resolution, and why wholeness requires mourning the fantasies of perfection we can never surrender.
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On Hitchcock’s Vertigo: Introduction
My essay is an examination of Vertigo and a personal account of the unexpected and synchronistic involvement it has had in my life, particularly with regards to my queerness as a trans person and the influence of Jungian ideas on my transition.
Porridge Play
A young woman discovers a piece of porridge has stayed on her hand after washing up. During another heartless hook-up with her less-than-desired girlfriend Derek, the porridge attaches onto the other, and her body is haunted by the staining of life.
The Vessel-Animal
How are we controlled through our concept of the animal?
Sarasota VII (an excerpt)
You’ve been vandalized by a rummaging god. She’s become a compacted star in your cosmos, the rings through which you become, like Saturn, denser than before—heavy with shame and longing.
A Somali Mother’s Concerns in a Cradle Song
In this essay, I explore the Somali lullabies from a close reading of their texts. While singing their love to the babies, Somali women also express their sentiments towards social issues that reflect women’s traditional roles in the pastoral society.
A Shake of Salt—Review of Plenum: The First Book of Deo
In Geoffreyjen Edwards’ science fiction novel Plenum: The First Book of Deo, the Prologue tells us that we are about to experience the first act of young “gender-neutral” Vanu Francoeur’s triple-volume story. Which is also the first act of a 15-volume …