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Ontological Combat Mode: The Beauty of ‘Demon Slayer’

Ontological Combat Mode: The Beauty of ‘Demon Slayer’

‘Demon Slayer’ is one of the best known, and best received, animes/mangas of all time.... This essay attempts to articulate the symbolism of the story poetically and ekphrastically, as a dialogical rumination on the beauty of the tale and its characters. In its style and construction, it attempts to evoke and induce the spirit of the story, the vividness of its color, the flame and water of its profundity....

Mainstreaming the Demonic, ‘Sinister,’ and a Simple Solution

Mainstreaming the Demonic, ‘Sinister,’ and a Simple Solution

When AI fabricates a reference or fact, it’s called a hallucination. When it generates a frightening image or suggestion, should we call it a haunting?

Ben Christenson

The Life-Giving Power of a Georgian Feast

The Life-Giving Power of a Georgian Feast

A long table is set and guests take their seats. The pattern of the tablecloth is hidden by dozens of colorful dishes of traditional foods. Spirits rise with the commingled scent of the food, in anticipation of what is to come. The gathered guests may have traveled from far away, or they may be family and neighbors. This table may be high in the Caucasus Mountains of Georgia, or it may be in the hills of Pennsylvania. Wherever the table is, and whomever is gathered around it, all turn their attention to the head when they hear the *ding* of a clinking wine glass....

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