- The Problem with Predicates about God
St. Paul says, " One God. " One is something purer than goodness or truth. Goodness and truth do not add anything, but they add in thought, and when it is thought, something is added. The One adds nothing, where He is in Himself before flowing forth into the Son and the Holy Ghost. Therefore he says, " Friend, draw up higher. " A master says, ‘One is the negation of the negation." If I say God is good, that adds something. One is the negation of the negation and a denial of the denial. What does one mean? One means that to which nothing is added. The soul receives the Godhead as it is purified in itself, with nothing added, with nothing thought. One is a negation of the negation. All creatures have a negation in themselves: one negates by not being the other. An angel negates by not being another. But God negates the negation: He is one and negates all else, for outside of God nothing is. All creatures are in God and are His very Godhead, which means plenitude, as I said before. He is one Father of all Godhead. I speak of one Godhead, because there nothing is yet flowing forth, and nothing is touched or thought. If I deny God goodness (but I cannot really deny God anything) - but in denying God anything I grasp at something in Him that He is not, and that must go! God is one - He is a negation of the negation. Therefore he says, " One God, Father of all"; “Friend, draw up higher. "
~ Meister Eckhart, Sermon Q 21
- Unreachable (2025)
Very cute movie, I really liked the aesthetics(the girls have so many cute outfits.). The composition and framing of many shots are excellent. I also enjoyed the acting, and just how the characters behave; it feels quite different compared to traditional Hollywood blockbusters. Thematically, it’s an interesting exploration as well. However, I feel that the theme of the girl wanting to understand the killer’s motives wasn’t given proper justice and the theme of the girl wanting to connect with her mother is also a bit superficial. Finaly, there was no “WOW” element, story was okay, characters good, how the characters interact with each other great, it was more a relaxing slice-of-life movie. 6/10
- Villain Retirment
The concept is interesting and unique: our protagonist is an all-powerful, unstoppable figure, akin to a One Punch Man-type character. At the same time, however, he is unapologetically evil, he simply enjoys killing and torturing people. Thus, we have a protagonist who is less a person and more an unstoppable force of nature, something to be feared and endured like a hurricane, and the story explores how people deal with that.
What I dislike, though, is that the consequences of his actions are not properly conveyed. It just doesn’t make sense that he commits murder and even genocide, yet people still treat him almost normally. Some even want to become romantically involved with him, excusing it with “the heart wants what the heart wants”, that simply isn’t a sufficient exploration of romantic feelings vs morality.
Later on, when the multiverse and time travel are introduced, the story goes completely off the rails and becomes just silly.
- Project Hail Mary (2026)
Very fun movie, has some flashy scenes, innovative story and great character. Doesn’t take itself too serious and plays around with the concepts it uses. A delight for every Sci-Fi lover. 8/10
- Deep Sea Embers
Amazing webnovel. I am always looking to read about something new; something that I have not experienced before, something that feels alien, foreign, and unfamiliar. This is that.
But it does not only offer creative ideas; its atmospheric horror is excellent. Never have I read a book that gave me so many chills, not because of jumpscares, but because the environment in which the events take place is itself so unheimlich.
The characters are also all unique. I put the book down numerous times and started reading it again after a prolonged time (not because the novel was bad, but because I had to wait for new chapters to come out), and whenever I jumped back in, I had no problem recognizing any character. Every one is different, not only in appearance and what they are, but also in their motivations, attitudes, and behavior, and together they build a nice harmony.
Another thing this novel does great is the mystery, keeping you always on edge and wanting to learn more. Even though in the end of the novel the big mysteries are revealed, it still feels like the world is full of mysteries and untold stories. There are so many characters and events where you feel like a whole book could be written about them. The world feels large and expansive, not only in breadth but also in depth, making you want to know more. But not in an unsatisfying way; rather, in a very good way.
I could write much more, but I want to end with this: there are many webnovels that have a good story and good characters and are creative, but novels that have all three are few and far between. And as the cherry on top, this novel offers not just pure entertainment but also thematic elements that make you think.
Just to name one: only in a fallen world so full of decay and rot, where the world itself is dying, can the many characters shine so brightly; one after another trying to delay the world’s inevitable demise, and in this struggle revealing so much meaning. There is the phrase “the indomitable spirit of humans,” but this is not entirely accurate for this book, since many of the characters are not human but belong to different races or types of beings. So it may be more adequate to say that this novel really shows the “indomitable spirit of all beings”, the everlasting struggle of being versus non-being.
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