paganpoetry

  Desire is a verb   In Eros the Bittersweet , Anne Carson posits that desire is a verb, and that its movement is a triangulation. This doesn’t necessarily imply a three person movement, but rather how desire; moves out from the lover toward the beloved, then ricochets back to the lover himself and the hole in him, unnoticed before. Atsuko Asano's Reunion places us in that triangulation. After 15 years of silence, the return of the story of Shion and Nezumi materializes in front of us. And although No.6 has always been a story that reflects the cruel reality of our world, and how authoritarian governments destroy and kill,  Reunion seems to want us to look at Shion and Nezumi once again and focus on their story beyond serving as vessels of ideals and contrasting forces in a narrative. Now we stare at a more emotional story develop. Allow me to explain it as it follows: if we take into account both extra-textual and textual aspects; the story returns after an open end...