That is the . The hyphen is important. It implies an action suspended in time. We are always in the middle of being torn from somewhere.
In mythology, the origin is always a wound. Zeus’s head splitting open for Athena. Adam’s side gaping for Eve. The Norse Ymir being dismembered to create the world. We don’t like to admit it, but creation is never gentle. It is a violence of becoming. The seed splits its casing. The chick shatters the shell. The child takes its first breath and immediately screams—because oxygen burns the new lungs. Origin-Rip-
They say that death is the ultimate rip—the soul tearing free of the body. But I wonder. That is the
The Origin-Rip-: On Being Born Broken
And yet.
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