“Ein Che Ishqest” – این چه عشقیست

https://videopress.com/v/zMhZc96i?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true Artist: Ahmad Zahir. Rough Translation: “I still haven’t figured out this love that I have for you. I don’t understand this love that has me captive and vexed. What did I gain from it? I didn’t even gain anything out of it. You flee and run away from me, and yet I’m still chasing … Continue reading “Ein Che Ishqest” – این چه عشقیست

Second Note to “Teaching Aesthetics and History”

Art and leisure are thus fundamentally opposed to the twin goals of genocide and global conquest which the system has set for itself. But the system also cannot overcome the “poetic aura” which Gramsci suggested has “already formed and emerged” or at least is in “the process of formation and emergence which has begun and … Continue reading Second Note to “Teaching Aesthetics and History”

“Zindagi Akher Sarayad” – زندگی آخر سرآید

https://videopress.com/v/9efX7buv?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true Artist: Ahmad Zahir. Rough Translation: "If there is only one life to live, then you might as well live it in freedom instead of repression. If repression is the necessary condition for life, then you might as well die. Even if the pressures of adversaries and enemies and opponents make you melt, don't ever … Continue reading “Zindagi Akher Sarayad” – زندگی آخر سرآید