Seven nuanced and sensitive essays draw readers into an introspective journey with references to Camus, Cocteau, Gabriel Marcel, Ortega, and Enrique Anderson. Eschewing hair-splitting for the sport of it, Gonzalez takes a fresh look at the notion of subjectivity and the nature of the self, in seven essays. With reference to Camus, Cocteau, Gabriel Marcel, Ortega, and Enrique Anderson Imbert, he explores diverse topics from the aesthetic vision and moral courage to the absurd. His nuanced and sensitive writing draws the reader on an introspective journey through a portal that subtly shifts the perception of human reality.