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On Success: A Brief and perhaps Philosophically random Stream of consciousness
We often speak about success as if it was something objective, or better, we often don't speak about it but it is where all our energies are longing towards. We assume success as if it was a place in the world one could point to and say: there, that is where I am going. And yet philosophy has almost always undermined this certainty. From its very beginning, it has insisted that what we call a “good life” is never given by nature, but shaped by history, culture, power, and des
Martina Ercoli
Jan 275 min read


Exploring the Enigmatic Connection: Poetry and Altered States of Mind
In the realm of human creativity, poetry serves as a portal to explore emotions, thoughts, and experiences that typically evade standard...
Martina Ercoli
Apr 8, 20254 min read


Neurophenomenology in verses
"In the long history of tenuous relations between psychology, psychiatry and philosophy the rise of neuroscience is typically regarded as...
Martina Ercoli
Nov 14, 20242 min read


A poem to soothe my heart (Self Service Edition)
Lie to me, softly, so I believe. Lie to me for I am tired of tearing at the truth Let my heart's claws cease their scrape, bleeding. Lie...
Martina Ercoli
Nov 11, 20241 min read


Shall we demand the impossible?
The year I agreed with myself It is forgivable to believe in spirits was 2022. Believing in spirits—whether as ancestors, energies, or...
Martina Ercoli
Nov 11, 20242 min read


I created a new Psychedelic drug (Just in my head)
The other day I saw this image and today I remembered how true this is. Sometimes you can't create for real so I created something in my...
Martina Ercoli
Nov 11, 20242 min read
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