a commonplace book of my thoughts :) includes my musings on philosophy, art, literature, and music enjoy !!...
ic: this creator on pinterest Over the last few months, I have been surreptitiously attempting a new project, which I have named the "what if" project. To be honest, I am somewhat reinventing the wheel here, it's not a new concept (for the plot is another well known term, or trying to get 1000 rejections is another common iteration), but I wanted to personalise it at least slightly, because I knew…
Over the last few days, I've spent a lot of time considering the nature of consumerism and internet culture after having several discussions with my mum about trends during her teenage years, particularly their prevalence and their impact within her own small subsection of society at the time. What became apparent to me was not only how trends themselves differed in the past, but how they were…
dear readers, When I was younger, I was obsessed with music, though not because I was good at it. For many years I had struggled, somewhat valiantly, with piano lessons, playing the ukulele, and singing in the school choir, and I ruined many a great song with what I can only describe now as absolutely diabolical timing. The beat of a metronome still makes me feel slightly ill. This says more about…
dear readers, It surprises me sometimes how much I earnestly love people. Whenever I see anyone at all, I am filled with some kind of jubilation. I know that for many people, life is hard, and that nothing comes easy, but I am truly grateful for every meeting: the chance to glimpse another's world, to offer them a smile, a compliment, and, hopefully, a friendly face. I first noticed this when I…
Dear readers, For some bizarre reason, I thought that it would never be difficult to write a bear-blog post. I always thought, despite my struggles with feeling strange, self-imposed pressure with virtually every other form of creativity (particularly in the written word), that this blog would be a simple exercise. I even tried to convince myself that I wasn't writing it to share, instead just…
dear readers, This weekend I watched you've got mail for the very first time, encountering my first of the meg ryan + tom hanks oeuvre. Apart from making me wish for the simpler times of the internet, I had a few thoughts. It's striking how much the film truly minimises real consequences while framing the story as endlessly charming. Kathleen loses her independent and lovingly maintained bookshop…
dear readers, I thought that I would begin by telling you all about what I've been reading, watching and listening to in the last week, as well as my weekly ins !! listened to: All I Did Was Dream of You?" - Beabadoobee (ft. The Marías) I adore this new single by two of my absolute favourite artists. It's mildly haunting the way it describes the regret and hindsight of a not-so-perfect…