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fermentedphil (77)in #fermented • 2 months ago
Publish and Perish ...
The landscape has changed. The fields are planted with different crops, fruits, and labour. Once the slogan read, publish or perish; now, it is closer to publish and…
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fermentedphil (77)in #fermented • 2 months ago
This Obsession With Understanding ...
I am not sure if I understand, or agree, with this obsession with understanding. Our world is structured in such a way that anything can instantly be understood - or so they…
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fermentedphil (77)in #fermented • 2 months ago
It always happens as a slow unraveling ...
It never happens in such a manner that you can directly observe it. It always happens as a slow unraveling ... There is no single point, no direct indication of "This is…
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fermentedphil (77)in #fermented • 2 months ago
It is a strange feeling indeed...
It feels like a constant and consistent falling into nothingness, but then, every now and then, you are reminded of the feeling of falling. For when you never get jolted or…
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fermentedphil (77)in #photography • 2 months ago
I am caught in a web of deceit...
The most perfect of lies caught up in an infinite loop of its own web, a connectedness that cannot be explained by the preceding or of what to come; a randomness that cannot be…
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fermentedphil (77)in #blog • 2 months ago
Not what I had in mind...
I have been on Hive from the start, and my 9th Hive Birthday is around the corner. For almost 10 years, I have been using Hive almost on a daily basis. It shaped my days; from…
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fermentedphil (77)in #philosophy • 5 months ago
I am my difference
There is an idea, if it comes from Maurice Merleau-Ponty or from Hans-Georg Gadamer I am not sure, that simply states: unity-in-difference. The African philosophy of ubuntu for…
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fermentedphil (77)in #travel • 5 months ago
Staying the Night at the Tsitsikamma Storms River Mouth Rest Camp, Eastern Cape, South Africa
We were driving with much anticipation, both to what was about to come, and where we stayed. As we drove through what seemed like a north America forest road, we found the…
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fermentedphil (77)in #thoughts • 5 months ago
Trying Again.
They say it does not matter how many times you fall but rather how many times you get up. I have tried to get back into writing so many times now and I just cannot manage to find…
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fermentedphil (77)in #thoughts • 6 months ago
Overwhelmed by the Amount of Words ...
I have dreamt about being a published author. I have dreamt about being a writer. These have always driven me to write, to produce words, images, concepts, and dreamworlds. From…
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- Author $1.64
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fermentedphil (77)in #fermentedphil • 6 months ago
I Fell From the Face of the Earth and I am Still Falling But the Views are Amazing
I am not sure if I am writing this for myself or others. Reassurance perhaps? I am not sure. But while I am falling from the face of the earth, the views are amazing. It…
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fermentedphil (77)in #roadtrip • 8 months ago
Driving Through South Africa on a Road Trip: From Pretoria to Stellenbosch Through My Camera
You wake up at 3 am. Outside of your window, everything is still dark. This early, 3 am, has always been a strange hour in the morning. Some call it a devilish hour, when strange…
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fermentedphil (77)in #philosophy • 8 months ago
"Luck is Limitless Horizons"
The words were printed on someone's shirt. "Luck is Limitless Horizons". I think it is a gym slogan, or so it looked. It was just a random scene I walked past. No real…
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fermentedphil (77)in #philosophy • 8 months ago
The Speeding Up of Life: A Book Contract, A Post-Doctoral Fellowship, and Chaos
I have been wanting to slow down for a while now, especially after my PhD, but it feels like things are just moving faster and faster. I was awarded a short term post-doctoral…
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fermentedphil (77)in #travel • 10 months ago
Day 2 in the Kruger National Park: Driving to Tindlovu Restaurant Berg-En-Dal Rest Camp
The second day of our Kruger National Park drive started as the previous one: early morning arriving at the gate with the sun barely breaching the horizon. It was again looking…
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fermentedphil (77)in #philosophy • 10 months ago
Leaving Behind 2025: Thinking Back on a Crazy Year
Thinking back on the crazy year on the eve of the new year has become a normal part of ending the year off. Maybe this is because of the ingrained normalcy of thinking about life…
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fermentedphil (77)in #travel • 10 months ago
Day 1 in the Kruger National Park: Driving to Tshokwane Trading Post & Picnic Site
The Beginning of a New Journey We woke up early, as always. Kruger National Park vacations are always linked to getting up early in the morning. We had some precious memories…
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urban.scout (63)in #degree • 10 months ago
My absence: A year of reading and writing (a lot)
The year of opportunity I finished my honours degree this year at the University of Pretoria specialising in Afrikaans, but it was the most difficult and busiest year I have…
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fermentedphil (77)in #philosophy • 10 months ago
Can we breathe now?
The journey is finally over. It is definitely bitter sweet. It is over, but not the end. It is in fact a new beginning, a new journey, or one that I am merely taking into the…
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- Author $3.79
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fermentedphil (77)in #philosophy • 11 months ago
Somehow I Survived the Academic Nightmare | Diary of a Struggling and Failing Philosopher
Somehow, I just managed to survive. My story is by no means unique, or different. Absolutely not. In fact, I think I might be better off than most. Either way, it felt to me…
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