Author Archives: Arvin da Brgha

About Arvin da Brgha

Lucid dreamer. Dream adept. Dream Author.

Ah summer…

Posted on September 12, 2018

After having ravenously devoured this fascinating trilogy last winter, I re-read Crazy Rich Asians in anticipation of the film adaptation. Of course, no film can ever approximate the layers of nuances and breath of ideas between the covers of any … Continue reading →

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Aretha!

Posted on August 16, 2018

Sweet sweet sweet and blissful dream, dear sweet sweet sweet Aretha! _____________________________________________ Franklin, Aretha 25/3/1942<O>16/8/2018 Michael: This fragment is a fifth-level mature artisan — third life thereat. Aretha is in the power mode with a goal of dominance. An idealist, … Continue reading →

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@ROM

Posted on July 26, 2018

Monday past, in a bid to escape the near-insufferable heat – why does it seem to be even hotter at nighttime? – I rode up onto the sidewalk from the bike lane in a bid to park my bike, I … Continue reading →

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Overleaves Validation and All That Jazz!

Posted on June 30, 2018

In the lead up to the annual Jazz Festival here in town, I decided to seek a bit of inspiration and take in a couple of documentaries. Both proved rather satisfying. On a temperate Wednesday midday in June, I made … Continue reading →

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Royal Wedding of TRH Duke & Duchess of Sussex!

Posted on May 31, 2018

After having waited months on end, the day of the royal wedding arrived and there was I sporting a killer headache – one of which I have not had in long ages. What with the inordinate negativity of trolls online … Continue reading →

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Winnie Mandela… Amandla!

Posted on April 2, 2018

For standing up to the absurd indignity of the racial predator with their absurd construct, Apartheid, in your homeland, Winnie Mandela thank you so much; were it not for you, Nelson Mandela would never have made it out of Robben … Continue reading →

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Stephen Hawking’s Supernova

Posted on March 20, 2018

Hawking, Stephen 8/1/42<O>14/3/18 Michael: What you are seeing in the fragment who is now Stephen is a seventh level old Scholar in the observation mode, with a goal of growth, a sceptic. This is his first life in the last … Continue reading →

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All Too Human… And Then Some!

Posted on March 12, 2018

Well, after having been dazzled by Natalia Osipova, there was no doubt what next adventure my soul had to devour. I arrived at Pimlico Station and enjoyed the cool brisk walk to the red and white gorgeousness of the neighbourhood … Continue reading →

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Two Albrechts but what a Giselle!

Posted on March 10, 2018

Second night in London and there was still lots of snow — at least, by London standards; after Montréal where three feet of snow is no horror, 1.5 inches seemed to have arrested London in its tracks — I was … Continue reading →

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President & First Lady Obama.

Posted on February 13, 2018

Oil on Canvas ©2018 Kehinde Wiley Provenance: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution. Oil on Linen ©2018 Amy Sherald Provenance: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution. _______________________________________________________ Beautifully exquisite! Happy Black history month. Love the fact that Mr. Wiley captures the … Continue reading →

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