seen from China
seen from United States
seen from United States
seen from United States
seen from Brazil
seen from United States
seen from United States
seen from United States
seen from United States
seen from United States
seen from Canada
seen from Malaysia
seen from Malaysia
seen from China
seen from China
seen from Netherlands
seen from United States
seen from Netherlands
seen from United States
seen from China
I take single pieces of life's puzzle and lean the weight of reflection upon them till they're pulverized, then ponder the dust particles; how we're wedded to them, how they're threaded through us, how they create unnoticed galaxies in the unlikeliest places.
Chris Arthur, (En)trance, The Best American Essays 2009
In this approach, a kind of cognitive tripwire is laced around all sorts of unseen interrelationships and unexpected connections so that every step toward a description brings things crashing down and colliding together in combinations that fracture the containment of our ordinary categories.
Chris Arthur, (En)trance, The Best American Essays 2009
Perhaps my sense of mysterious entrances implicit in the mundane, entrances that are at once alluring and alarming, is no more than the sound of my own prose running away from its unrecognized echo.
Chris Arthur, (En)trance, from The Best American Essays 2009
How could it be so easy? For me to choose this piece as my favorite essay. Ever.
