Our latest issue of Berlin Geist Literatur, similar to our issues in the past, explores a single theme or topic relevant to the New Left from various perspectives and in various contexts.
phys·i·cal·i·ty
/ˌfizəˈkalədē/
noun
the fact of relating to the body as opposed to the mind; physical presence. “there’s an emphasis on the physicality of the actors”
involvement of a lot of bodily contact or activity. “the intense physicality of a dancer’s life”
Image from Ernst Ludwig Kirchner’s art studio, 1918
With the recent and continued regression in the United States (and abroad) of women’s rights and protections, the continued attacks on our LGBTQIA+ allies, specifically the trans community, and the questioning of freedom of physical expression and body autonomy in general, our latest issue is centered on PHYSICALITY, a thoughtful discussion of physical connection and attraction, the nature of desire, and the power of human expression.
“It seems to me that we do live in two worlds… there is this physical one, which is coherent, and there is the spiritual one, which to the average [person] with [their] flashes of religious experience, is very often incoherent. This experience of having two worlds to live in all the time, or not all the time, is a vital one, and is what living is like.”
"The body of light, sometimes called the astral body or the subtle body, is a quasi material aspect of the human body, being neither solely physical nor solely spiritual…"
It will only be a matter of time before the accessibility and readily-available nature of A.I. partners will supersede the time and effort it takes to impress a real one.
They kicked the family out of the apartment upstairs and I saw them with their things on the side of the street. Everybody is looking for someplace safe.
The first time I died, Ima tells me, the sun flared its great, fiery disc and swallowed the whole world in a moment. And everything that had been was then no more. The second time …
The day breaks sweaty like the last. Like every day in summer. And especially so in the city where there are no trees to provide shade – only countless blocks of cement baking like the …
