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Gunpowder and knockouts

April 24, 2020 Zurk

In the olden days, when the gunpowder was just found, it was deemed extremely dangerous and an instrument of pure destruction. Then, guns were invented, of course they were also weapons of destruction. Then came the knockouts, or as we … Continue reading Gunpowder and knockouts

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Wishes and Mirage

April 24, 2020April 24, 2020 Zurk

I don’t believe in wishes, wishful thinking that is, because I know wishes are like mirages, they never real. We watched Disney movies as kids and we were led to believe wishes come true as easily as it were in … Continue reading Wishes and Mirage

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Tell me that I’m not just someone or something

April 16, 2020April 16, 2020 Zurk

I had a rough childhood, a pretty rough one for the low class Nigerian. Growing up in that kinda situation was very tough, I had to fight the odds to breakthrough the very foundations of penury and dejection. In my … Continue reading Tell me that I’m not just someone or something

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Anxiety

April 16, 2020 Zurk

Anxiety has always haunted me. Right from when I was child, several actions led to severe scenarios of anxiety. The popular saying – ‘be anxious for nothing’ meant nothing to me, because no matter how hard it got, I couldn’t … Continue reading Anxiety

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Fortress and Internet

April 5, 2020 Zurk

It’s funny how tables turn and the craziest things happens out of the blue. One way or the other, I figured you have to face your fears eventually. Since the self isolation/lockdown began, I’ve had to face one of my … Continue reading Fortress and Internet

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Aura and Ikigai

April 4, 2020April 4, 2020 Zurk

I’ll start today’s write up by defining these terms as they are not so common, and I got them from watching anime. Aura is an emanation surrounding the body of a living creature and regarded as an essential part of … Continue reading Aura and Ikigai

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Freedom and immortality

April 2, 2020 Zurk

Like a few the previous topics so for, these two are two sides of a coin. That is if we translate death to freedom. Which it is, from a different perspective entirely. Someone posted a question online a while ago … Continue reading Freedom and immortality

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illusion and instinct

April 1, 2020April 1, 2020 Zurk

I learned a valuable lesson today, thanks to a beautiful writer. Our instinct is that innate, typically fixed pattern of behaviour in us in response to certain events that occur around us. It’s this subtle voice that nudges us to … Continue reading illusion and instinct

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Journey home

March 30, 2020March 30, 2020 Zurk

Conventionally, I would write about these two keywords severally; but they are seriously intertwined, it would be much more pleasurable and meaningful to do a mashup of these two. There’s a popular song line that goes – remember the road … Continue reading Journey home

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Descendant of the many faced god

January 24, 2020 Zurk

The many faced god or otherwise known, the god of death. He has been a part of my lineage for too long now, there’s almost a sigil placed on every new born that signifies a connection to this many faced … Continue reading Descendant of the many faced god

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