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Paul BouHaroun's avatar

Beautiful piece! Does this mean we're getting to the juicy parts of the book? Good job Ornella, keep at it, this is becoming a Monday morning ritual 🖤

Ornella Antar's avatar

Thank you, thank you ❤️ I love that you're starting your week with this! To answer your question, it's actually not quite related to the book, I guess? Ceci dit, the novel isn't even complete yet (i've only written like 20% of it) yet I cannot wait to share with you guys!!

confused creature's avatar

Thank you for the ( if indirect) podcast suggestion and the journaling session that reading this beautiful piece inspired me into 🫶🏻

Ornella Antar's avatar

You are most, most welcome! 🫶🏻🫶🏻

confused creature's avatar

From the first paragraph, I felt almost breathlessly pulled into this.

Ornella Antar's avatar

🥹🥹🥹🥹

Béa's avatar

I love snail mail . That question is so simple that for some of us, it is complex.

Hanine Allam's avatar

Looove this ❤️

Ornella Antar's avatar

❤️❤️

Batoul's avatar

I appreciate the journey that one thought or another takes in your essays. Thoughts seem to travel through different portals until they land in their place in the paragraph.

Good luck landing the new dream job <3

Ornella Antar's avatar

Thank you for the accurate and very flattering description of my writing process :)

And thank you, I'll update you on the job hunting! ❤️

Rouqayya's avatar

♥️

Ornella Antar's avatar

❤️❤️❤️

Pallabi Chakraborty's avatar

Ugh ornella, this deeply moved me.

Sana's avatar

Such a beautiful piece. I read it three times: first for the plot, second to savor the beautiful meanings, and third to decide whether it is whimsical and playfully ironic or deeply emotional and existential. I still can’t decide.

I’m inclined to say it’s more like a sweet and sour dish. You get to enjoy the contrasts on their own, and also the weird deliciousness of their coexistence.

Ornella Antar's avatar

Thank you so much for sitting long enough with my essay :) and for keeping it company. ❤️

Honestly, I think we rarely experience sorrow as an isolated emotion and I think I like to write about the complexity of the human experience. So, I guess, thank you for seeing that :)