Christmas draped in snow
In love with this brand language by Jaipur. It’s a quiet Christmas daytime story bridging between home and the wild.
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The 40 Best Songs of 2025
For the last ten years, the musical landscape felt like a lonely, pixelated blur, awash with digital self-involvement. The world fell into a rut of mumble rap and solitary laptop producers making noises that, honestly, meant very little. I reached a point where I struggled to care about new releases, often preferring the silence of…
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Film | Inspirational | Opinion
the best movie you’ve never seen
Birth follows a woman who is preparing to move on with her life after her husband’s death, when a ten-year-old boy appears and calmly insists that he is her husband reincarnated. I first saw this film in 2004, alone, late at night, at the Lagoon Theater in Uptown, Minneapolis. I remember wondering what sort of…
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playlist: To Kill A Goldfinch
It’s been a long time since I made a proper playlist—one that wasn’t just a random collection of songs to accompany a morning run or a commute to the grocery store. A proper playlist requires effort, and it unfolds like a conversation between friends across different decades. This one is for fall, again. I’ve made…
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Top 300 Tracks of My 30s
A decade is not a clean break. It carries forward the unresolved from the previous 10 years. When I turned 30, I thought I had a grip on who I was. When I turned 40, I realized I had only been guessing, for the most part. In between, there were songs, many, many songs. Some…
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playlist: A Pandemic Moment of Solitude For Distant Stars
A new playlist was pieced together during this season of isolation and change. I went on a two-hour walk the other night, and not a soul was to be found. Not a car, a dog walker, or an evening runner. If one were to close one’s eyes, one might hear the sound a seed makes…
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Mundus et Infans by W.H. Auden
Kicking his mother until she let go his soulHas given him a healthy appetite: clearly, her roleIn the New Order must beTo supply and deliver his raw materials free;Should there be any shortage,She will be held responsible; she also promisesTo show him all such attentions as befit his age.Having dictated peace, With one fist clenched…
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Top 40 Albums of The Decade 2010 – 2019
10 Shortlisted Albums In no particular order. Vampire Weekend // Modern Vampires of the City Gil Scott-Heron & Jamie xx // We’re New Here Goldfrapp // Tales of Us Real Estate // Days Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti // Before Today Sleigh Bells // Treats Grouper // A I A: Alien Observer Jessie Ware // Devotion…
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Top 25 Films of the Decade 2010 – 2019
9 SHORTLISTED FILMS(In No Particular Order) The Big Short(Adam McKay, USA – 2015) Roma(Alfonso Cuaron, Mexico – 2018) Certified Copy(Abbas Kiarostami, France/Belgium – 2010) The Skin I Live In(Pedro Almodóvar, Spain – 2011) The Town(Ben Affleck, USA – 2010) Locke(Steven Knight, UK – 2013) Blade Runner 2049(Denis Villeneuve, USA – 2018) Parasite(Bong Joon Ho, South…
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Top 100 Tracks From the 2010s Decade (2010 – 2019)
A decade is a long time to listen. These 100 tracks weren’t chosen because they topped charts (though a few did), but because I believe they are objectively better than most mainstream music released in this time period. Spanning indie, alternative, rap, R&B, classical, electronic, and ambient, this playlist reflects the wide net the 2010s cast across my listening habits.
