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What did Mishima say? “Beauty is something that burns when you touch it?” There is something absolutely fantastic about Mishima’s aesthetic philosophy. It is founded on such a sensory baseness that is so barbaric, that is in touch with a primordial flamelike attraction. It makes…

Jun 21, 2022

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Reader might have a brother. He might not. He might have a masculine character, that assists him, protects his back, would fight for him. Isn’t that the…

Jan 25, 2022

Dec 4, 2021

Habent sua fata libelli et balli. If you are within liberty minded communities and have not heard, JStark has passed. I am saddened by the death of a…

Oct 11, 2021

I’ve read quite a bit of Mishima in my time. His autobiographical Sun and Steel being my most frequented. Since the many re-readings of the man’s…

Sep 16, 2021

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Sep 16, 2021

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