Self Pleasure in a Global Pandemic
This is a truly brilliant time to behold, folks. Instead of swiping through cute strangers knowing damn well that you will not be going to meet up with them, romance yourself.
An Album Review and the Emergence of a Super Group: Dinner Party’s Debut
There’s a new super group on the horizon and they’re serving us the Dinner Party of our dreams on a golden record. Formed by Terrace Martin, Kamasi Washington, Robert Glasper and 9th Wonder, the group’s self-titled debut project arrived on July 10 at the perfect time. These musical greats joined forces to gift us a …
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Quarantine Sessions
Well friends, here we are, a couple of weeks deep into quarantine. How are you holding up? I’m calling this virus “The Mood Swinger” because these ups and downs are somethin’ serious. Thankfully, artists and musicians from around the world are keeping our spirits lifted with their home-cooked creativity. Many of our faves seem to …
V Happy: A Midweek Reminder that Happiness is Always There (#15)
Artist of the Week: Penelope Casey (paintings from her series ‘Fiji in Sepia’) In the Fiji Islands, there is a small town called Savusavu. Here, the dawn of every day is marked by roosters crowing. Their announcement begins as early as 3 am, long before the first light has come over the green hills. “Another …
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V Happy: A Midweek Reminder That Happiness Is Always There (#14)
Before my mother’s mother died last month, she said to her daughter, “Always make people laugh.” The last words she spoke before incoherence overtook her were that simple. Keep ‘em laughing. Cultivate lightness in your heart and share it with others. Coming from a woman who lived life so thoroughly with heart, the purity of …
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V Happy: A Midweek Reminder That Happiness is Always There (#13)
Art Piece of the Week: Textures on Water by Shigeru Uchida for Studio 80. Forgive me if this column is disjointed. Alas, time is but a sphere. Or, as Kian would say, a flat circle. Don’t get it twisted – this sh*t is not linear. In 1931, Amelia Earhart sat and typed this letter to …
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V Happy: A Midweek Reminder That Happiness is Always There (#12)
Art piece of the week: The Weather Project by Olafur Eliasson This column, by title, is inherently focused on the shiny and bright side of life. I do find it sort of funny because happiness can be the most illusive, impermanent feeling in the world and it seems to be misunderstood. Or perhaps, over-emphasized, maybe …
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V Happy: A Midweek Reminder that Happiness is Always There (#11)
film photograph of the week by Nathalie Basoski. Sometimes life down here feels like tripping over your own feet and smacking your face on the pavement. Usually that abrupt and all-too-familiar sensation comes on the heels of a stupendous flight, soaring beyond what my imagination thought possible. But I’m learning how to be at peace …
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V Happy: A Midweek Reminder That Happiness Is Always There (#10)
Art piece of the Week by ARTC Piece of Mind Morocco. Listen. Put a pause on everything for a moment. Just for a moment, breathe deeply. In and out, in and out. Get quiet so that you can hear your heart. There is a rhythm inside of you that is keeping you alive. Listen and …
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V Happy: A Midweek Reminder that Happiness is Always There (#9)
Art piece of the Week by Fiona Hsieh Mercury Retrograde made me abandon this column for an entire month. I am so sorry. Responsibilities are like, hella overwhelming sometimes. It’s fine, let’s move on. There’s a quote from Bruce Lee that I have written on a yellow post-it note and stuck to my bathroom wall. It …
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