By: Lida Prypchan Of all music, the only true music is Jazz. (Julio Cortázar) With profound admiration I dedicate this article to Taller Experimental (“Experimental Workshop”), the jazz group that inspired it. Schopenhauer said, “Music is not just something extra in the world – music is a world” and on this same subject Jorge Luis …
May 2011 archive
The Oedipus Complex and Emotional Instability
By: Lida Prypchan “KNOW THYSELF” In 1897 Freud began what can be considered the most heroic act of his life – the psychoanalysis of his own subconscious. The ancient oracle of Delphi had from ancient times encouraged philosophers and thinking persons to pursue the maxim “Know thyself,” but unconsciously resisting, none of them ever managed …
ORPHANS OF THE AMERICAN CINEMA
By: Lida Prypchan There is no doubt that the United States is a country with an organization to be admired. However, behind this organization there is a message, a very clear intent to standardize the largest number of people possible, keep them in line, and show (even convince) both Americans and the rest of the …
WOMEN AND THE NOVEL
By: Lida Prypchan English writer Virginia Woolf deals with this subject in her book A Room of Her Own. The title can have a variety of meanings for us, such as women and what they are like, or women and the novels they write, or women and the fantasies that have been written …
In the Limelight (The Great Slap) – CONVERSION HYSTERIA
By Lida Prypchan A malady which varies according to the subjective symptoms of the patient; very difficult to characterize, each case is unique with quite individual and variable symptoms. A lady who used to like to move house every year would make friends with the neighbors – whom until then she had ignored – …
A REGIMEN OF LIES
By Lida Prypchan Truthfully, it is becoming more and more difficult to distinguish between propaganda and information because the world is divided into two blocks, the Soviet Union and the United States. On the Soviet side, a rigorous censorship prevents any means of contact with the outside. Only a small number of newspapers and foreign …
CAPTIVE WITHOUT A JAIL
By Lida Prypchan It was when he was thirty-two that he realized he had been a captive for his entire life. To reach that conclusion he had taken every experience into consideration, from the most noble and tender to the most cruel and unjust. For him it was a somber and significant realization, perhaps the …
Aggression: …It just makes me want to…KILL…!
By Lida Prypchan Aggression is a theme that concerns all those of us who live in a city. It concerns us because this attitude more than any other is the result of the depersonalization of city life. It is due to the hustle and bustle, the traffic, and the injustices. One of the most vivid …
IS FRIGIDITY CURABLE?
By Lida Prypchan When I think of frigidity I am reminded of a French writer more well-known for her love affairs with great men of her century than for her literary pursuits. I am referring to George Sand, the Frenchwoman who adopted a man’s name, dressed like a man and smoked like a man. Also …
THE ANIMAL KNOWN AS MAN
By: Lida Prypchan Published in: La Bicicleta – Arte y Literatura “We have published Lida Prypchan’s amusing accounts in previous editions. Here is another of her short essays proving that she is as deft with words as she is well-read.” He who has a rudimentary education in misanthropy and wishes to perfect himself in it, …
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