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On overall tone. by Gerardo Muñoz
Perhaps there it has never been about a point of arrival nor departure from a place, but rather a question of attunement, and specifically one of tone. To disentangle attunement from tone is a gigantic task; arguably one of the sites where the distinction between philosophy and poetry comes nearest only to depart and open…
Breathing in the pain of the world. On Paz López’s Pánico y Ternura (2026). by Gerardo Muñoz
Paz López’s Pánico y Ternura (2026) opens with an analogy between life and school that immediately places us in attention to her writing: “Entramos a la vida como entra un niño a la escuela: mirando hacia atrás, con los ojos llorosos buscando la mano de quien hace un rato nos había variado el pelo, la…
Those wonderful clouds. On Victoria Cirlot’s Imágenes Negativas (2026). by Gerardo Muñoz
First published in the Chilean publishing house Mundana back in 2016 and long out of print, Victoria Cirlot’s Imágenes Negativas: las nubes en la tradición mística y en la modernidad (2026) finally appears in a new and upgraded edition from Siruela Ediciones. This short essay, initially a conference delivered at the Universidad Católica de Valparaíso,…