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Scar is a powerful meditation on death, love, loss, identity, family and the terrifying ecstasy of madness.

2011

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Jan 16, 2022

My Best Articles of 2021

A completely subjective, biased, opinionated list

My Best Articles of 2021

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Jan 4, 2021

My Best Articles of 2020

Stories from a static year

My Best Articles of 2020

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I Went to Sicily to Write a Novel. Then Sicily Started Writing It for Me

On coincidence, creation, and how we manufacture meaning in a silent world

I Went to Sicily to Write a Novel. Then Sicily Started Writing It for Me

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The Narrative Arc

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Nov 5

Elne Is Empty, but All the Devils Are Here

A hand to hold on Halloween

A firelight procession of masked devils in the street of an old French town

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Globetrotters

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Nov 4

Besalú and the Dying of the Light

Everything you won’t see in a medieval Spanish town

A medieval stone tower with battlements. The tall door is open, leading to a colourful town inside.

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World Traveler’s Blog

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Oct 27

Music and Magic on the Border Between France and Spain

Eus, Prades, and what the wildfires left behind

A stone village in france with steep streets leading up to a church and a blue sky with white clouds behind.

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Oct 26

Scammers, Saints, and Miracles in Marble

Does knowing how it’s done ruin the magic?

Famous marble statue of Saint Teresa of Avila being pierced by an angel in a church in Rome.

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Oct 19

I Don’t Believe in Ghosts. But the Sparrows Come Anyway

When it comes to the dead, seeing isn’t always believing

I Don’t Believe in Ghosts. But the Sparrows Come Anyway

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Oct 18

What if the Journey Is Your Real Home?

The lights are shining in the harbour

Close-up photo of a man sitting at a desk next to a window. Beside him, a house cat looks out of the window at a sunny day outside.

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Oct 5

How To Spend (Almost) Nothing in Montpellier, France

How much beauty can you get for next to nothing?

An art gallery with tall stone columns and glass skylights in the ceiling. In the foreground, there s a white marble statue of a woman in 17th century clothes.

Ryan Frawley

Ryan Frawley

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Novelist. Essayist. Former entomologist. Now a full-time writer exploring travel, art, philosophy, psychology, and science. www.ryanfrawley.com

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