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Unless you have known me a very long time indeed, you will likely not know that at the age of 11 I went to my friend Gina’s halloween birthday party dressed as my ‘inner self’. All the other kids were dressed as binbag witches or face-painted pumpkins, but I had just come back from holiday... Continue Reading →
In which we are treated to a description of the fabulous gala at the Opera.
We should turn to the big differences between the way children and adults play to establish where and how we ‘rewild’ ourselves.
In which we first attend the Opera, and see preparations for a gala evening.
It can be stifling, going to a gallery. Imagine if we could touch the artworks. If blind people could engage with the brushstrokes and the shape of the oils on a canvas. If children could play, and stare, and laugh. If the Old Masters were in a room with the Blue Riders, if we didn’t have to guard the paintings from natural light and thieves and damage.
In which we see a list of the major players, and are introduced to Gaston Leroux's original work.
Do you ever think about how a certain percentage of the things you own will find their end with you?
Alternate universes are not governed in the typical way we laypeople describe them - 'somewhere in an alternate universe', and don’t really function the way they do in art, but that doesn’t mean that we can’t take a closer look and use complicated mathematics to influence the way we live our lives.
A poem about a long-distance relationship.
The way we read Swift is gendered and somewhat modern: her 'eras' align with the aesthetics she presents, and stan culture has dissected every relationship she's ever had until we're all sure who or what inspired every song. What if we read other Grammy royals this way?
