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SOLITUDE, VAST INNER SOLITUDE! FEELS LIKE ANGER WHICH FEELS LIKE... (dedicated to Kendra Allen)
Stepping on a puddle of water with socks on. A grumbling stomach. The color purple. Broken tights. Water that doesn’t drain. The stinging...
Paulina Trigos
Apr 3, 20222 min read
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WINGED VICTORY OF SAMOTHRACE
Looking back into the past, I begin to remember myself as different shards of glass, all laid out on a wooden floor. And solitude, a vast...
Paulina Trigos
Apr 3, 20222 min read
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I is Another
As the night falls, it asks me who I am. Veiling myself with silence, I answer that I do not know the answer to that question anymore –...
Paulina Trigos
Apr 3, 20221 min read
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collapsing ruins
we are so obsessed with romanticizing loneliness as if saying that it is something ephemeral but i am surrounded by people and i am still...
Paulina Trigos
Apr 3, 20222 min read
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January 7
I look down at the water trapped below and the face of a woman I don’t quite yet know looks back at me, deformed and mixed in with the...
Paulina Trigos
Apr 3, 20221 min read
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BUILD UP
Maybe we should stop building a shrine that worships dark matter, the void and the silence of it. You are like a built-up plaque in an...
Paulina Trigos
Apr 3, 20221 min read
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a hundred immeasurable feats
Don’t kill the Ladybug like you did the mirror. Brush the grass and ask if they prefer a ponytail or a braid. Defeat the giant snake from...
Paulina Trigos
Apr 3, 20224 min read
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"Te Cielo"
It had been years since I last saw him but the other day, I ran into him again. Our eyes locked as we crossed the street and suddenly my...
Paulina Trigos
Apr 3, 20228 min read
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INTERIORS
I Interiors: Cup of tea Even though they are natural companions, my hands always seem so lonely compared to other pairs. Solitude has...
Paulina Trigos
Apr 3, 20223 min read
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Until I am her (at 9 rue de Beaujolais)
As an aspiring female writer, when I found out that the famous Colette lived in the same building into which I have recently moved, my...
Paulina Trigos
Apr 3, 20226 min read
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A fragmented me is everywhere
Dear Puerto Rico, I miss you. Dear Spain, You insulted my broken Spanish, colonizing me years after 1492: “We didn’t own you for 406...
Paulina Trigos
Apr 3, 20224 min read
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La Cave du 38’ Riv
Found in the heart of Paris, in the Marais district, 38’riv has not only become a symbol but also a testament to the influence that jazz...
Paulina Trigos
Apr 3, 20221 min read
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The Celluloid Ceiling
Criticized for its gender inequality, the Festival de Cannes has in recent years begun to move towards inclusion. Will the Festival be...
Paulina Trigos
Apr 3, 20227 min read
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Dumbo Gets Mad: a night at Supersonic
Supersonic, a live music venue in Bastille, opens their doors and offers their stage to psych-pop Italian band for a night. The stage was...
Paulina Trigos
Apr 2, 20222 min read
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With love, your devoted translator
Translation is an art that has gone unnoticed for decades now. Upon finding my great-grandfather’s poetry book, I decided to honor his...
Paulina Trigos
Mar 14, 20228 min read
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Cien Fuegos: a Latin American safe haven
Founded back in 2015, Miguel Ángel Petrecca has created a home for not only the Spanish language, but Latin American expatriates, in the...
Paulina Trigos
Mar 14, 20225 min read
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A foreigner’s view on soupe à l’oignon
As someone who wished to dive deep into Parisian culture, I embarked on a mission: to find the best soupe à l’oignon. The question now...
Paulina Trigos
Mar 14, 20225 min read
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