Archive - The Mimetic Journal

The Contrapasso of Imagination

A lesson from Dante for the modern, technocratic age.

Aug 10 •

July 2025

A Few Musings on a Rainy Night in Nagarkot

Pondering about the meaning of life and the ever expanding electrical grid

Jul 27 •

May 2025

A few lines composed whimsically on a rainy Tuesday morning

May 6 •

April 2025

A few lines composed on the eve of my 30th birthday

Apr 17 •

The Subtle, Common Sense of European Architecture

A few reflections after returning from Europe

Apr 13 •

February 2025

Momento Mori: Dying in America

A poem for reflecting upon the interconnectedness of mortality and place.

Feb 15 •

Antigone: An Ancient Play With Modern Political Sensibilities

The Ancient Greek Tragedy from the 5th Century B.C.E. proves King Solomon right in his refrain there is 'nothing new under the sun'

Feb 13 •

January 2025

November 2024

A Treatise on Voting with Your Conscience

A rationale for why people of faith should consider voting third party, or choose to check uncommitted.

Nov 4, 2024 •

September 2024

On English Education Part 2: Literature as a Diagnostic

Like a good doctor, good literature helps students and teachers diagnose the illness of our shared human condition

Sep 1, 2024 •

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