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Septology
Not quite a conventional novel, nor a philosophy treatise.
Perfect if you want to dissolve into the rhythm of thought and landscape.
Synopsis
“And I see myself standing and looking at the picture with the two lines that cross in the middle… the colours blend beautifully and drip…”
Septology unfolds through a seamless stream of consciousness—long, flowing sentences that fold faith, identity, art, and time into something sacred and elemental.
The narration drifts like a man gazing at his own fading life, mirrored in the gentle erosion of coastline and memory.
Mood:
hypnotic · spiritual · slow
Tone:
luminous · introspective · unhurried · elemental
It Feels Like
Body:
A quiet tremor in the chest, like distant church bells you can’t stop hearing
Tempo:
A single breath held across chapters, expanding and contracting
Texture:
Wool under bare toes—soft, slow-wearing, infused with depth
A Little Taste
“And I see myself standing and looking at the picture with the two lines that cross in the middle… I think today’s Monday… I don’t want to look at it any more… and then I step a few feet back from the picture… I see that there’s a soft invisible light, well then yes so it probably is a good painting”
The Aftertaste
An exploration of identity that feels suspended between life and afterlife.
A narrative that privileges presence over plot, faith over explanation.
Leaves behind the sense that absence might be as meaningful as what’s seen.
Peel With a Drink
To Be Read With A light, dry sherry — pale gold, almost translucent — that lingers on the tongue like snowfall dissolving on bare skin. It’s not a drink for company.
You sip it alone, each mouthful a small punctuation in the long silence, warming you in a way that feels both fleeting and eternal.
Peel With a Reel
Our Souls at Night (dir. Ritesh Batra, 2017) — A tender, meditative drama where two widowed neighbours find quiet companionship, moving at the same unhurried, luminous pace as Fosse’s prose.
Peel with a Beat
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Let's Peel
Septology
Not quite a conventional novel, nor a philosophy treatise.
Perfect if you want to dissolve into the rhythm of thought and landscape.
Synopsis
“And I see myself standing and looking at the picture with the two lines that cross in the middle… the colours blend beautifully and drip…”
Septology unfolds through a seamless stream of consciousness—long, flowing sentences that fold faith, identity, art, and time into something sacred and elemental.
The narration drifts like a man gazing at his own fading life, mirrored in the gentle erosion of coastline and memory.
Mood:
hypnotic · spiritual · slow
Tone:
luminous · introspective · unhurried · elemental
It Feels Like
Body:
A quiet tremor in the chest, like distant church bells you can’t stop hearing
Tempo:
A single breath held across chapters, expanding and contracting
Texture:
Wool under bare toes—soft, slow-wearing, infused with depth
A Little Taste
“And I see myself standing and looking at the picture with the two lines that cross in the middle… I think today’s Monday… I don’t want to look at it any more… and then I step a few feet back from the picture… I see that there’s a soft invisible light, well then yes so it probably is a good painting”
The Aftertaste
An exploration of identity that feels suspended between life and afterlife.
A narrative that privileges presence over plot, faith over explanation.
Leaves behind the sense that absence might be as meaningful as what’s seen.
Peel With a Drink
To Be Read With A light, dry sherry — pale gold, almost translucent — that lingers on the tongue like snowfall dissolving on bare skin. It’s not a drink for company.
You sip it alone, each mouthful a small punctuation in the long silence, warming you in a way that feels both fleeting and eternal.
Peel With a Reel
Our Souls at Night (dir. Ritesh Batra, 2017) — A tender, meditative drama where two widowed neighbours find quiet companionship, moving at the same unhurried, luminous pace as Fosse’s prose.