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How ‘Waking Life’ Helped Me Accept My Chaos
Read more: How ‘Waking Life’ Helped Me Accept My Chaos“And on really romantic evenings of self, I go salsa dancing with my confusion.” -Timothy “Speed” Levitch, Waking Life Waking Life (2001), a relatively hidden cinematic gem, is a movie directed by Richard Linklater. The main character is a young man who passes through life in a dream state, feeling detached from his dreams and…
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From Vinyl to Spotify: A Look at Physical Possessions
Read more: From Vinyl to Spotify: A Look at Physical PossessionsPaul Signac, Portrait of Félix Fénéon Not to sound like a boomer, but nowadays, our entire lives are spent behind screens. I’m not saying it’s necessarily a bad thing! Technology has allowed us to achieve some pretty amazing feats, but it is no lie that most of us probably spend too much time on our…
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Ambiguous Hush: An Ecocritical Reading of John Clare’s ‘The Nightingale’s Nest’
Read more: Ambiguous Hush: An Ecocritical Reading of John Clare’s ‘The Nightingale’s Nest’I recently stumbled onto a short YouTube clip of the philosopher, Slavoj Žižek, in which he said that although we humans emerged from nature and are a part of the biological phenomenon of the natural world, this fact does not mean that how we conceive of nature is necessarily accurate or objective. The way we…
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Cooking Diaries: “Failure is part of the Art”
Read more: Cooking Diaries: “Failure is part of the Art”Back in December, I went through a rough patch where I was feeling mentally, emotionally, and physically drained. The weekend prior to my final exams was spent in bed moping and sopping around, and watching hours and hours of Claire from the Bon Appétit test kitchen. Actually, I also watched other videos created by Bon…
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What Does It Mean to Keep the World at Home?
Read more: What Does It Mean to Keep the World at Home?In late March, I was recalled home by my parents, the government, and my university. They told me I had to leave Amsterdam and return to the UK due to the spread of the coronavirus. I felt indignant, Amsterdam is my home. Despite my protest, it eventually became clear that there was no way around…
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