fundamentally unquantifiable

14 May, 2025

Pemberton, British Columbia

A country divided. After being more actively involved with this year's federal election, I've gained far more knowledge than ever before. I'm always eager to converse on any of these items in politics, but in a healthy way. Some, surely don't have the capacity. I believe there is a wicked energy that constantly separates us from one another, coming from the two party system. It is incredibly easy to lose sight of everyday needs when we are all force-fed news and headlines that aim to anger the herds.

Some takeaways? There is a liveable planet within our reach. There are issues that we need to continue to work with our MP's despite our political standpoints. I think it's also safe to claim that we urgently need electoral reform. The loss of the NDP party status is obviously a setback for progressive politics, but it then lies on the voices of all those who wish to build a sustained movement. We are all free to be loud and desperately passionate for a nation we've called home for decades, but just try and keep in mind of your familiar friends & faces? I'm beyond taken back by the countless hatred that spills out onto my screen on the regular. If you're this driven about the government and feel the need to thumb-grenade your words onto a digital cloud, can you imagine the productivity you could accomplish outdoors?

For some of you, and I'm guilty of it every now and then, we're fairly cooked. I learned that word at Easter dinner! In the widespread of things, there is a beautiful scenic view all around us. It takes your sense of adventure to set aside some differences and explore those regions. Inhale, and take it in. For me, it helps to reinstate that this is in fact, the whole point.

With patience, smiles are slowly coming back to faces. It feels good to be home.

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Kes (1969)

Within this pre-Thatcher, English, Northern, working-class motion picture, we grasp a true depiction of the time period. A masterpiece with a spineless ending. David Bradley plays a true Billy Elliot in the making, forming an emotional bond with a wild bird. I have always held the art of falconry in high regard, and intrigued by the experts and members who I've had the pleasure of meeting and working with. Though I hope the people of Barnsley never lose their accent, the dialogue is quite a thick struggle throughout - where even those from Lancashire had a tough time deciphering several scenes (rofl). The curiosity of childhood is portrayed properly, and the ominous wonder of a young lad in a rather intense school system is too real for comfort. Hailed as an all-time classic in British cinema.

'If she flies off, she flies off and can't be helped.'

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Ayana Elizabeth Johnson's What If We Get It Right? (2024)

It's no surprise of our surrounding crisis. If you spend even half a fraction of time with this book, you will get a sense of current climate warriors in an interview-style presentation, that illustrates the concept of refuse, repair and repurpose. Lean into possibility together. Though I don't know how I feel about climate poetry, the fact remains that we are all choking on mountains of plastic waste. It's not on the consumer to deal with the plastic distribution, and we need imaginative new stories to bridge the gap of what we know and what we need to know.

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Fucked Up - In The Company of Sisters

Powerful voices collide to represent lyrics of a vivid story that many women sadly face today. Julianna Riolino brings truth in every word sung in this devastatingly beautiful song. As you listen, the track's teeth surely sink deeper & deeper. What sort of world can we manifest moving forward? One that we would actually want to live in? There is kindness and regret in the seeds we can plant.

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basically, i did this to myself by Catarine Hancock

The inept realization of never putting anybody on a pedestal. This entire book dives into the process of recovery. After years of struggling to find the words, Catarine has compiled countess thoughts into a literature of closure. Once things have settled, it's coming to grips that there had been a complete destain for one's self-love, self-esteem and regard for genuine humanity. The character lives and breathes their significant other, but longs for a reasoning once they become aware of the insignificance after all. I've occasionally popped this open on my many travels, because the words are so striking, they deserve to float over landmarks that have experienced the elements.