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Ann-Sophie Barwich
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6 days ago

Sunday Sermon

The water running down my hands Skin on skin I felt like a child Sensing its own body With a new brain that said There you are And with sadness and hope I realized that I had never been Before I was Here with myself Washing my hands On a…

Poetry

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Sunday Sermon
Sunday Sermon
Poetry

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Sep 21

Three hours, later

I would have wanted From the rooftops, it echoed Further than my past My eye, I could see it Travel along the mind And it stopped In the midst of my own voice Disconnected From the world, the senses sprang And I was there With my mind hearing itself Whisper …

Poetry

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Three hours, later
Three hours, later
Poetry

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Jun 28

timed into consciouslessness

Consciousness needs a little bit of noise. While I listen to metal rattling in the distance, the dog’s paws on the wooden floor, and a single fly swinging its body repeatedly against the dirty window in hope of freedom, I follow my mind to its own sense of self. A…

Routine

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timed into consciouslessness
timed into consciouslessness
Routine

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May 9

The Past births Free Will

The past cannot bear fruit When its practice is cut Down with the riches Of its own volution The past births free will While the present caught In mere mirrors of itself Sees not itself, nor can it Bring about a future In discovery of thyself With a past gone…

Poetry

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The Past births Free Will
The Past births Free Will
Poetry

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Apr 5

Some of the best lines

Some of the best lines Of generations past Were written as I saw the best minds Of my time dwindle In twenty second spectacles Tweet tweet send reply We contain multitudes Flattened in attention rage While poems were written With the lives of others And our souls passed Without the…

Poem

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Some of the best lines
Some of the best lines
Poem

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Jan 13

Coincidence

The year has begun with a challenge. My resolution had been simple: “More meaning, less bullshit.” When I said this out loud, the comma must have gotten lost. Two weeks into 2023, the theme seems to be “More meaningless bullshit.” What to do? First week of engaging with university busywork…

New Year Resolution

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Coincidence
Coincidence
New Year Resolution

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Jan 2

Choosing Regret

In 2022, I tried to be calmer. My perspective on things and the way I interacted with other people shifted as a result of my newfound commitment to meditation. I still don’t think I take it seriously enough. But meditation made me calmer. It had another effect. I realized it…

Philosophy

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Choosing Regret
Choosing Regret
Philosophy

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Oct 7, 2022

Meditation

When meditation plunged me into depression, I realized that it was actually effective. I was never good at measure. I dove in headfirst, like a couch potato trying powerlifting. It’s been over a year since then. On my way home from walking the dog today, I got a sense of…

Meditation

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Meditation
Meditation
Meditation

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Sep 18, 2022

Twitter’s homogenization of academic scholarship

Twitter has ruined certain parts of modern academia for me. “But you deleted your account over 1.5 years ago,” I hear you say. That’s exactly why. I deleted my account, but Twitter continues to infiltrate my life because far too many academics are overly online on Twitter. They’ve tied their…

Twitter

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Twitter’s homogenization of academic scholarship
Twitter’s homogenization of academic scholarship
Twitter

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Jul 25, 2022

A more silent shadow of sound

How do you explain the past to a three-year-old? Over the last few days, I spent some time with my goddaughter. I had hardly seen her in previous years because of the prolonged and non-sensical US travel ban for Europeans during the pandemic. I am a non-immigrant visa worker going…

Diary

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A more silent shadow of sound
A more silent shadow of sound
Diary

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Ann-Sophie Barwich

Ann-Sophie Barwich

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I smell for a living. No, really: http://www.smellosophy.com

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