Nicola AugustynMusic that is Kierkegaardian“Kierkegaard on that beat” -Nicola Augustyn8 min read·Jan 22, 2022--1--1
Nicola AugustynAesthetic Analysis: The Devil and the FeminineA short aesthetic study of women’s relation to the devil in the Belladonna of Sadness (film), Paradise Lost by John Milton (poem), The…10 min read·Jan 21, 2022----
Nicola AugustynGhost in the Shell (1995)- Identity, Essence, and HegelGhost in the Shell is the 1995 Japanese animated film directed by Mamoru Oshii. Based on a manga of the same name, Oshii manifests this…6 min read·Jan 21, 2022----
Nicola AugustynAnarchist Poetry: Penis Envy by CrassPenis Envy- a theory regarding female psychosexual development in Freudian psychoanalytic theory that proposes that young girls feel…11 min read·Jan 21, 2022----
Nicola AugustynMan Push Cart (2005)- Sisyphean NeorealismI grew up in an immigrant household in Chicago, schooling downtown and relying on public transportation to get anywhere. When you grow up…6 min read·Jan 21, 2022----
Nicola AugustynThe Philosophy and Poetry behind Deathconsciousness“When we become known to Death, and Death known to us, we react as if we are the first; as if we were Adam in the Garden, and death a great…6 min read·Jan 20, 2022----
Nicola AugustynWaking Life (2001)- The dream that animates philosophyRichard Linklater’s first animated film is a philosophical dreamscape. For those unfamiliar with Linklater, his independent spirit and…9 min read·Jan 20, 2022----
Nicola AugustynExpressing the Inexpressible: Poetry and Philosophy in Film and Music“What is a poet? An unhappy man who hides deep anguish in his heart, but whose lips are so formed that when the sigh and cry pass through…4 min read·Jan 13, 2022----
