"because there is beauty that cannot be photographed" hello! my name is jo. these are my little love letters to all the things in my life i cherish. a...
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hello! A bit ago, a friend asked me to list my "five favourite things, ever". I responded with a short list that I'd compiled over sometime. I was then reminded of a book that I had read many years ago, 14,000 Things to Be Happy About by Barbara Ann Kipfer. It lists, as the title advertises, 14,000 small and menials things that "makes life worth living". The sister site things to be happy about…
hello! I was thinking over the graduation quote that I sent over to the yearbook. It was: "Let's sing an endless song. For you, for me, and for them" An translated excerpt from The Blue Hearts' song 終わらない歌 (Owaranai Uta) , or An Endless Song . In specific, I referenced it in context of the ending of the 2005 film Linda Linda Linda (spoilers ahead). In it, the band performs the eponymous song リンダ…
”Do you see how you’ve grown? Don’t be sorry, then.” hello, Today was my graduation. I guess I hadn’t really thought in depth about what it really meant until it was over. It wasn’t bittersweet, necessarily, but hold a feeling of finality that I haven’t experienced in a while. Part of it was nice, being able to make peace with the past years. But that was quickly overcome with a homologous feeling…
I've much to say about listening to entire albums and the soundscapes they're able to create, but I'd like to direct some appreciation towards singular, long-length tracks. To categorize a song as "long" or not is gonna be left ambiguous, and you may disagree if a song here belongs. However, I think my choices were predicated not on which one was longer, but how it used its length throughout.…
A weird pastime that I've indulged in for some time is watching and, almost excessively, rewatching trailers of a film or game. It's hard to describe a specific reason for it and seems like an insignificant aspect of a piece of media. And truthfully, most trailers do not more than be a glorified advertisement, cherry picking the fanciest parts to lure you into an otherwise unremarkable product.…
or formally, apeirophobia spoiler warning for: It's Such a Beautiful Day (2012) Mother 3 (2006) The Good Place (2016-2020) the last scene in don hertzfeldt's It's Such a Beautiful Day has stuck with me ever since i've watched it. seeing it on the big screen during its reshowing last year (at the revue !!) also got me thinking about it more and more. however, i've still found it increasingly…
like a manifesto, mission statement, or however way to put what this blog means to me and what i plan to write about. here will mostly just be a place to aggregate my messy thoughts for things that i like, whether it be an album, movie, or which new note taking app i've taken up to at a given moment, really anything that i feel like truly deserves it. there's something incredible about art and how…
Music Video - Spotify - Soundcloud Coming from the energy-dense front of Porter Robinson's SMILE! :D leads to a tonal whiplash from the seventh track Easier to Love You . As the album title and aesthetic, so to speak, initially suggests a more energetic and less sentimental, which couldn't be further from the truth. It's a slow, bittersweet lyrics are a great reminder of self-love and acceptance.…