For years, all I wanted was to disappear. I wanted it so badly. To be forgotten entirely. Now that the world has paused, I sit on my bed, curtains closed. Everything has stopped. I have stopped. Stopped talking to people. Stopped going for walks. Stopped going to concerts. Stopped seeing friends. Stopped leaving the house altogether. Now I am not…
"I can't breathe. They're going to kill me." Those were George Floyd's last words. The death of the 46-year-old African American who died in Minneapolis after police officers handcuffed and immobilized him, placing his knee on his neck for more than 8 minutes, sparked a wave of outrage worldwide. Thousands of protesters took to the streets in cities across the…
Sara Shakeel, who was once a dentist, is now an award-winning crystal and visual artist. Sara adds a little extra sparkle to the world with her dazzling designs. She is well known on Instagram for her glitter stretch mark art and images, but in the current global situation she has turned her attention to adding some beauty to the hardship…
I don’t want this to be yet another literary-philosophical ‘I told you so’ about the perennial relevance of Camus’ La Peste. Forget the absurdity thesis for five minutes already. The book is first and foremost a beautiful and deeply relatable story about the way we fail to adapt to new realities. It is also deeply uncomfortable: our relationship to reality…
It is often at times of isolation that creative inspiration manifests itself. For some, loneliness can be terrifying and can lead to sadness or pain. But for others, there can be some kind of magic in loneliness. Stillness and loneliness can become a place where we can search within ourselves to find our own secret and silent truth. We talked…
In times of pandemic, freedom of speech is essential to survival. In China, government censorship has provoked a wave of public outrage, especially following the death of Dr. Li Wenliang, the COVID-19 whistleblower who subsequently died of the virus. Chinese citizens, especially the digitally savvy generation, have expressed concerns about the government’s banishment of the hashtag #WeWantFreedomOfSpeech behind the nation’s…
Everything can be made out of pizza in Cahill Wessel's trippy world. The illustrations of the Oakland-based artist will take you down a hallucinogenic and multicolored journey filled with unusual juxtapositions, where skulls and giant burger coexist creating a humorous and strange vision of heaven and hell.
To celebrate International Women's Day, we’ve made a list (in no particular order) with our 8 favourite lyrics written by some of the greatest female musicians and lead singers, such as Patti Smith and Stevie Nicks. Songs lyrics can shape our thoughts and trigger a myriad of emotions. Some songs seem to transport us back in time and can bring…
Meet the French cold wave singer and songwriter Adrien Viot. Together with Alexandre Armengol Aremy, they have been forming the dark electronic duo VIOT since 2013. Their sound is intense, hypnotic, intimate, somber, but above all, danceable, especially when seen live. With his lyrics filled with angst, he crafts a gloomy universe where past and present painfully collide, but also…