Clarice Lispector, Gua Viva

— Clarice Lispector, Água Viva

Mireille Gros

— Mary Oliver, ‘north country’

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A cinema of intimacy: the enduring beauty of Wong Kar Wai

The influence of Hong Kong director Wong Kar Wai on global cinema is difficult to overstate.</p> <p>Wong emerged from the creative ferment

“His films emphasise character, mood and detail over plot. As he describes it: Cinema can be the citric scent of a peeled orange, the touch of warm skin through a silk stocking; or simply a darkened space bathed in anticipation.”

The slice of life

reminder that 30 isn’t old, it’s very normal to not accomplish everything in your 20s, and that it is never too late to learn that thing you’ve always wanted to learn. you’re always growing. that’s a good thing.