They should invent a way to text your ex-boyfriend “I’m pretty sure I had a spiritually significant dream about you” that doesn’t read as “I want you back.” I’d like to let him know that I saw a shadow of his psyche in a far-off dimension.
This essay is an all timer. Before I was even done with the second paragraph I knew this had to be added to my list of essays I want to print out and put in a binder. Nearly every line felt like a moment of reflection. This truly felt like what so many substack posts try to achieve but very few rarely do: an intimate personal essay that leaves the reader struck by the prose and insight alike. Beautiful beautiful beautiful. I mean "Once a full person, now a symbol I have trained my brain to decode." The insight Imbued in this 14 word sentence is absolutely remarkable. I really think it's the comma placement that makes this sentence such a feast. My tendency to want to disentangle the aesthetic value from the message of the words is fruitless in this case(as may be the case for all cases, I mean the whole point of an essay is that if it could've been said effectively in less words it would've been. I'm also realizing that's also its trap since it's assumed that essays are made up of the same type of speech as everyday speech.) Anyways the insight is made buoyant since it can be carried effectively in so few words. We all intuitively know memory but nothing knows it quite like this essay.
This essay is an all timer. Before I was even done with the second paragraph I knew this had to be added to my list of essays I want to print out and put in a binder. Nearly every line felt like a moment of reflection. This truly felt like what so many substack posts try to achieve but very few rarely do: an intimate personal essay that leaves the reader struck by the prose and insight alike. Beautiful beautiful beautiful. I mean "Once a full person, now a symbol I have trained my brain to decode." The insight Imbued in this 14 word sentence is absolutely remarkable. I really think it's the comma placement that makes this sentence such a feast. My tendency to want to disentangle the aesthetic value from the message of the words is fruitless in this case(as may be the case for all cases, I mean the whole point of an essay is that if it could've been said effectively in less words it would've been. I'm also realizing that's also its trap since it's assumed that essays are made up of the same type of speech as everyday speech.) Anyways the insight is made buoyant since it can be carried effectively in so few words. We all intuitively know memory but nothing knows it quite like this essay.
this read so richly, wonderful essay.
Wonderful essay. ✨
beautiful 🤍 this resonates with this time of my life so much!!!
Xochitl Gonzalez's 2024 novel, "Anita de Monte Laughs Last" is based on Mendieta's story!
I was actually just speaking to someone about Gonzalez' wok! Adding this to my TBR