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We all carry parts of ourselves that we’d rather not acknowledge—the fears, insecurities, buried emotions, and past wounds that shape us in ways we don’t always understand. These hidden aspects make up our shadow self, and confronting them is one of the most transformative journeys we can take.

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The Three Faces We All Carry

It is often said that human beings are complex, layered, and never quite as simple as they seem on the surface. One line from the Korean drama Level Up captures this beautifully: people live with three different personalities. The first is how you are at work, the second is how you are in your personal life, and the third is who you are in secret. At first glance it sounds like an exaggeration,…

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'You rarely see all of someone. Not for a long time. And often, when you do, it's too late.'

Chris Whitaker, from All the Colors of the Dark

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We wear the mask that grins and lies,

It hides our cheeks and shades our eyes,

This debt we pay to human guile;

With torn and bleeding hearts we smile,

And mouth with myriad subtleties.

Why should the world be over-wise,

In counting all our tears and sighs?

Nay, let them only see us, while We wear the mask.

We smile, but, O great Christ, our cries

To thee from tortured souls arise.

We sing, but oh the clay is vile

Beneath our feet, and long the mile;

But let the world dream otherwise,

We wear the mask!

~Paul Laurence Dunbar

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Ukrainian Field Notes XXIX

May I Give This Ukrainian Bread to All People in This Big Wide World (1982) – Mariia Primachenko Coming up to the second anniversary of the Russian full-scale invasion, we are back with a new episode of Ukrainian Field Notes. Vlad Yakovlev talks to us about Ukrainian folk from the 90s, while Paloven introduces the first Regular Disco compilation. We then look at sound and the visual arts with…