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Gary Hernandez

Staff Writer — Class of 2027

Number of articles: 7

First Article: February 22, 2024

Latest Article: November 22, 2024

The Thing

Stage fright: Part One

In keeping with my original theme, I’ll now analyze stage fright—the fear of being seen. Not by a single individual but by a mass. Two things at hand, then: the analysis of the mass, the observer, and sight, the logic …

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The Thing

On divine crying

INTENSITY. Nothing and pure pleasure are the same; divine ecstasy and extreme horror are the same.

“The Sin,” a painting by Heinrich Lossow, is mesmerizing because it captures the sexuality of divine ecstasy. And it’s not a sin—it’s how communion …

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The Thing

Compulsion to Nothing

Why do you love me? I don’t know. What about me do you love?

Nothing really. The “x” quality that drives my attraction isn’t particularly yours. It’s actually more in you than you. And it is only through the “x” …

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Static dissemination

CHCHCHCHCHCHCHCHCHCHCHCHCHCH. Or, the static of the TV. The black and white—but carefully not gray—colorless display that follows the end of a TV program. Such a display also happens to be the home of the girl from “The Ring” and a …

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