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Alan U. Dalul is an author, columnist, and academic from Venezuela, now based in Utah. He has a master’s degree in communication and has worked in the field for over a decade. Alan's main interests have been culture, folklore, and gothic studies. He sees fiction and folklore as reflections of the time and place in which they were created. He goes to the movies, supports local businesses, and learns about diverse and marginalized communities when he's not writing. Alan U. Dalul es un autor, columnista y académico de Venezuela que actualmente reside en Utah. Tiene una maestría en comunicación y ha trabajado en ese campo durante más de una década. Los principales intereses de Alan han sido la los estudios culturales, de folclore, y góticos. Considera que la ficción y el folclore son reflejos del tiempo y el lugar en el que fueron creados. Va al cine, apoya a los negocios locales y aprende sobre comunidades diversas y marginadas cuando no está escribiendo.
Alan U. Dalul revisa su experiencia con una experiencia audiovisual de meditación guiada llamada la Mesmerica XL de James Hood, y descubre que si bien el concepto es brillante, la ejecución falla.
Quería hacer lo correcto y no apoyar a alguien como ella, alguien que no me agrada y con quien ya no me identifico. Y al mismo tiempo, mi niño interior quería divertirse.
¿Qué era lo correcto?
I wanted to do the right thing and not support someone like her, someone who I couldn’t like and didn’t identify with anymore. And the same time, my inner child wanted to have fun. What was the right thing to do?
Alan U. Dalul reviews an anthology of work from Indigenous authors, “Dreaming in Indian: Contemporary Native American Voices,” edited by Lisa Charleyboy and Mary Beth Leatherdale.
Alan U. Dalul hears about a local curiosities market in his city, and hesitates at the idea of signing up to vendor as a tarot reader and sigil creator. But despite his anxiety, he finds himself practicing magic in a whole new way – and with a whole new community.
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