Sunday 23 December 2018

2018 - Be still, my heart.


“I’ll remember everything that happened: 
the good, the bad, those that survived… 
And those that did not.” - Bilbo Baggins




THIS YEAR'S FAVOURITE...

PLACES: 
Berlin
• Galway
London
Bordeaux


WORDS:
Rage
#MeToo
Factfulness 


MOVIES:
Loving Vincent
Isle of Dogs
City of Joy


BOOKS:
Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow - by Yuval Noah Harari
Prisoners of Geography - by Tim Marshall
So You Want to Talk About Race - by Ijeoma Oluo
Why I Am Not a Feminist: A Feminist Manifesto - by Jessa Crispin
Murambi, Le Livre Des Ossements - by Boubacar Boris Diop


SERIES:
Pose


MUSIC:
Cocoa Sugar - Young Fathers


TED TALKS:
A woman's fury holds lifetimes of wisdom - Tracee Ellis Ross
"Our collective fury comes from lifetimes of women dealing with men who assume they know better for us than we know for ourselves."
Where joy hides and how to find it - Ingrid Fetell Lee
"Being colourful or exuberant opens us up to judgment. Adults who exhibit genuine joy are often dismissed as childish or too feminine or unserious or self-indulgent."


MUSEUMS:
Canadian Museum for Human Rights, Winnipeg
Etnografiska museet, Stockholm
La Cité du Vin, Bordeaux


FESTIVALS:
• All Points East: Young Fathers, Lykke Li, Sampha, Björk
• Oslo World: Ibeyi, Fatoumata Diawara


LOVE:
• Soundscape - Ever heard the sound of lava or coral reefs? Ever visited a whispering gallery in India or a bat cave in Mozambique? What if we chose where to travel based on sound? 
• Salt Fat Acid Heat by Samin Nosrat


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"Being angry all the time is exhausting and corrosive. 
Not being angry feels morally irresponsible."