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Essays By Niklas S. Osterman

Endless.

His days fold into one another like an endless accordion of time. Each a mirror of its predecessor, rendering a sense of familiarity.

Essays By Niklas S. Osterman

Uncle Johan.

Childhood enigmas are scattered like a treasure map. Confusion and absolute certainty side by side.

Philosophy & Mind By Niklas S. Osterman

Conscious flow.

A farmhouse nestled in the Vermont countryside, illuminated by the light of a full moon. Constructed in the 1850s the home radiates an old-world charm that somehow paints a picture…

Essays By Niklas S. Osterman

If else.

If you gravitate towards angst, you know some things.. Like how impossible it is to stop thinking about what you’re thinking about.

Essays By Niklas S. Osterman

Tetris

Are you familiar with the gameTetris? Picture a pristine slate, the commencement of a game.

Philosophy & Mind By Niklas S. Osterman

Particles.

Everything is just a random rearrangement of particles, and to live is to experience countless deaths. Living entails making choices, and with each choice, we forego an infinite number of…

Philosophy & Mind By Niklas S. Osterman

Absurd.

He stands on the precipice of existential abyss, a gentle compassionate nihilist, staring into the void of meaninglessness, tracing the random paths that life etches. Indeed, nothing is solid, nothing…

Essays By Niklas S. Osterman

A tribute.

He harbored no affection for the hours from 11 am to 5 pm. Those languid, expansive stretches of afternoons, he found them drearily oppressive.

Philosophy & Mind By Niklas S. Osterman

A story.

Around him everything seemed to bear a spectral aura - eerie and intriguing. The world, simultaneously sharp and fuzzy - yet tender, was waking up.

Essays By Niklas S. Osterman

10.2005 – ni·hil·ism

10.2005 ni·hil·ism A : a viewpoint that traditional values and beliefs are unfounded and that existence is senseless and useless B : a doctrine that denies any objective ground of…

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