11 September, 2024
Quebec City, Quebec
Retaining information in our brains can be challenging. Several practices such as visual representation (painting an image), converting the information into some sort of a melodic tune, or
Warrendale (1967)
Warrendale was an institution in Toronto that specialized in emotionally-distraught students. The staff-members and therapists would often use obscure, experimental methods to deal with the patients. Some accounts say, it was evident that the provoking of these children were just so that administrators could receive incentive to restrain them. Here, lies an actuality drama with no script, narration, and a very real look into the establishment. Regardless of how painful some of the scenes may look. It would be interesting to see a follow-up documentary featuring the individuals in this.
Irene... I hear you loud & clear.
Elena Ferrante's The Story Of a New Name (2012)
I never read the first instalment of this Neapolitan, but I wanted to give haste to my heritage and the feminist, historical fiction in some regard. How sexist Italian literature can be. In times of family battle, sexual violence, telling your friend that you regret your marriage because your newborn is ugly - Elena has the inability to see herself on her own. In fairness, we still see this trait day-to-day in the modern world while some of us share the madness. The first half is quite dull but I'm glad I hung in there, I think that's what makes Ferrante a rare bird. I don't remember your name, but thank you for the reco!!
The Gaslight Anthem - Here's Looking At You Kid
I was lucky enough to hear Fallon's confessional lyrics live, and the distinction from studio to performance is so eccentric. A sombre, melancholy song to bid you farewell when your heart finally retires. And a boy's journal of being rejected by every girl ever, spilled out to the masses. The world needed this, for I think we all know a Gayle, Janey, and Anna - cue consolation sigh.
Fog by Carl Sandburg
I've spent quite some time scaling the coast over the past couple of years. And many of those morning runs can be instilled in dense, coastal fog. Formed over the ocean as a result of temperature differences between water and air, the fog is then advected inland through wind or air currents, and sets the mood in the scene it surrounds. Like an atmospheric watering can, misting forest canopies, plants and soils in moisture and nutrients. Sandburg compares this element to the stillness of a feline. It's interesting to imagine the likes of the fog seeping off the coast of Illinois in the late 1800's. What that must have felt like.
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