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I've come across you in several comment sections, so intrigued, I'm here to see more about you. You're a Moravian Bohemian. I'm a Japanese English Bohemian Hawaiian. I just finished a novella by Algernon Blackwood called The Centaur, that so reminded me of you and your description of yourself, I had to share it. While it could've been written as a more effective short story, it was too long for me to recommend it, even though I read it to the end, because I loved the theme and the beautiful story. It was about an Irishman in the 1800s, bemoaning the smallness and dingy, money grubbing, ugly existence of modern "civilization". Some things never change, the more they change. He meets an extraordinary being aboard a steamer ship headed for the Caucasus Mtns. A Russian, who can't speak English, but he exudes a strength and magic and a sense of joy that frightens some and attracts others. The Irishman is drawn to him. It's a beautiful story about Nature and reality and how modern man is so taken up with acquiring things, he ignores his real existence with Nature and his inner realm. You sound like the main character... The Centaur. I will definitely read more of your writings. Thank you.

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