I love this 1922 Kodachrome film test, one of the earliest motion picture films. It’s beautiful and gently heartbreaking because its illusion is so powerful. The color in the film makes the women look real and alive, as if they could walk out of the reel and into our lives. Watching this made me think [...]
My favorite song on ‘Oscillons from the Anti-Sun’ — as well as my favorite coffee, Athenian evening breezes and an Aquinas-quoting dream with a beautiful voice — helped me get through this incredibly busy and tiring week. Much more work ahead (and I am so behind!) but Stereolab (and gingered figs and Riesling) will help [...]
As I was rummaging through my receipts for expenses on a story, I came across proof that I am, indeed, a total creature of habit: eight receipts for meals of special dal and garlic naan from Kabab-E-Q in Dhaka’s Banani neighborhood. I lived in Banani for four weeks last fall and was a regular at [...]
