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Bailey Booth

Writer and Founder. Connoisseur of truth.

On The Voyeur

On The Voyeur

Where do we find a man who knows of himself only through the lives of others? We find him as the voyeur. voyeur/vɔɪˈjəː,vwɑːˈjəː,vwʌɪˈjəː/noun a person who gains sexual pleasure from watching others when they are naked or engaged in sexual activity. The individual, though perhaps present

Is Physiognomy Really A Pseudoscience?

Is Physiognomy Really A Pseudoscience?

The supposed art of judging character from facial characteristics. Do we not live under the guidance of the words, "the eyes are the window to the soul?" What is it about this abstract material truth that we suspiciously encounter the divine playing with us under? We know a

The Signs of Control: Behavioral Guidance in Public Spaces

The Signs of Control: Behavioral Guidance in Public Spaces

I ask you to look around? Look at the modern world we walk through: everywhere, there are names and signs, instructions meant to "advise" us on how to be, where to stand, how to wash our hands, and which areas to avoid. These signs are omnipresent. Do we

On The Artist

On The Artist

The artist exists on the periphery of our conscious lives, on the outskirts, warmed and degenerated through his striving to seek. This great search leads him, in a society such as ours, to live in permanent turmoil, as this anxiety functions as the bridge between his creations and his physiological

The Psychology Of The Police Officer

The Psychology Of The Police Officer

Thanatological Horizons: Transcending the Graveyard as Symbol

Thanatological Horizons: Transcending the Graveyard as Symbol

In our modern civilization, we still have not come to terms with the notion of death and its message. Like birth, death is a truth of life, and it cannot be conquered immediately as other aspects of life can be—through rationality, reason, faith, or science. So far, anyhow. The

THE MUTANT AND THE MILITARY MAN

THE MUTANT AND THE MILITARY MAN

Scene 1: Interrogation Room A dimly lit room. A single spotlight focuses on a strange, humanoid figure sitting at a steel table. Across from it, a stern CIA officer leans forward, his face partially shadowed. The air hums faintly with the sound of machinery. Officer: State planet origin. Alien: Earth.