Why I write
A simple phrase is enough to shake one's inner life: "Why do I write?" A certainty takes shape, paradoxical and burning: writing is pointless...
Tag: pardon
Benedict XVI in Paradise!
— Is it morning or evening? My breath would catch, then catch again. As if it were malfunctioning. It was failing me. My lungs were leaving me. I breathed...
Antigone, defiant and intimate (7/7. Love)
Part 7 and final part: Love. Antigone's desire is familial; she does not want to leave her brother unburied. Creon, on the other hand, desires to...
Antigone, defiant and intimate (6/7. The vocation)
So many stories about identity! The word appears neither in Greek epic nor in tragedy. Identity in Antigone's time is based on...
In light of the values
Authority has lost its prestige along with humility. Authority has become synonymous with implacable order, unthinking force, tyranny...
Antigone, defiant and intimate (3/7. Destiny)
Part 3: Destiny. Man descends from the tree. Man, like the tree, is defined as much by his roots as by his fruit. Man, like the tree...
Antigone, defiant and intimate (2/7. The funeral)
Part 2: The Funeral — “My dearest Ismene. I came this morning to tell you that I've taken care of everything. I used the same funeral home for…”.
Antigone, defiant and intimate (1/7. The family)
Part 1: The Family From the very first reading of Antigone, an ambiguity arises in the reader's mind. Does Antigone embody the action or...
News about humility
The human vision of humility is like the human vision of love: limited. Humility must exert its authority at all times and in all places.
In the shadow of Ernesto Sabato
When Ernesto Sabato passed away on April 30th at the age of 99, he repeated to himself the words of Maria Zambrano: "To die, this elusive act that...".
Original fault
Despite Shûsaku Endo's doubts about the true Christianity of the Japanese, as expressed in the admirable "Silence," it also seems to me that Japona...
Forgive me, something will always remain…
In this brief reflection on forgiveness, I simply wanted to revisit the inadequacy of saying "sorry." Forgiving is sometimes extremely difficult...