Paper Confines

Act i. Samildánach

I wonder about Lugh's epithet of Samildánach, the master of all arts. The best at everything he chooses to do. It can be dangerous to see this as something to aspire to. We are only human, after all, and Lugh is a god. Who knows how long he has had to hone his skills. Maybe he spent an aeon at the harp, fine-tuning his fingering and mastering the melodies of the geantrai, goltrai and suantrai. Perhaps his skill as a smith was honed in the brazier at the heart of the world, or even the stars themselves. We, however, only have a paltry portion of a century to master the skills that mean something to us.

John Hunt Publishing, Magh Savage

i. "So what, then?"

"So maybe I know I'm going to kill you. Maybe what I feel is grief. Maybe you've already begun haunting me."

He paused, to unravel her words or web them in an intricate knot, she could never tell. "Are they not the same—loving and haunting? You bring flowers to lovers and graveyards."

AMORET & TOM
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i. shangri-la ━ robert maxwell ' ii. smile ━ jimmy durante ' iii. camera's rolling ━ agnes obel ' iv. once upon a dream ━ invadable harmony ' v. nowhere to run ━ stegosaurus rex ' vi. shades of blue ━ kelsey lu ' vii. tonight you belong to me ━ patience & prudence ' viii. liquid smooth ━ mitski ' ix. breezeblocks ━ alt-j ' x. mirrorball ━ taylor swift ' xi. oblivion ━ grimes ' xii. pops ━ angel olsen '

NADYA & COLETTE
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i. strange ━ celeste ' ii. alien observer ━ grouper ' iii. i bet on losing dogs ━ mitski ' iv. call it fate, call it karma ━ the strokes ' v. illicit affairs ━ taylor swift ' vi. didn't want to have to do it ━ cass elliot ' vii. take me to church ━ hozier ' viii. hearts a mess ━ gotye ' ix. anger ━ sleeping at last ' x. bird ━ billie marten ' xi. paul ━ big thief ' xii. bad blood ━ nao '

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