STRIPTHƎSIS is a multidisciplinary platform focused on bridging the gap between absurd thinking and the rational analysis of reality. By Manuel Robim.

Finding the Car Parked by the Forest

By Manuel Robim, June 13, 2023

STRIPTHƎSIS2023.004 It is the difference that will not go away, the difference between what others see of us and our sense of our inner selves and the deep feelings that sustain it. — Julian Jaynes How would you know if you had died? Short answer: you wouldn’t. You would, sure enough, know if that were to [...]

Spotting the Sporting Identity in Tempo-Espresso

By Manuel Robim, June 7, 2023

STRIPTHƎSIS2023,.003 Many years ago, I used to have this ritual every time I went to my grandparents’ house to have lunch: not long after I had finished my meal, which was invariably divine, I would proceed to squeeze an espresso out of a simple machine placed right by the television set, standing below various family [...]

Off the Offensive Parturition, I Wonder

By Manuel Robim, May 31, 2023

STRIPTHƎSIS2023.002 As opposed to the template-typical pensive nowness creature, slowly eroding as a result of existing primarily as means of corporate sustainability, I do not thrive in a slave-like wonder world. Never having felt as drenched with financially sweaty knot-witted daily-nudged parameters, or with hyped-up supra-promises of personal-towards-collective professional redemption, perhaps inherited from an allegedly [...]

Under The Influence(r)

By Manuel Robim, May 25, 2023

STRIPTHƎSIS2023.001 The depravity of our senses has led us into a rampant search for the unknown within ourselves. What drives us to be better? What makes a purpose purposeful? This is a reflection on the unknowable, in which our true spirit lays out the route for the discovery of pathways to success that extend beyond [...]