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Why Faces Get Bigger
‘If you look closely, the eyes, nose, and mouth don’t change much. It’s the edges of the face that expand. At first glance, you might think the features are becoming more central, but really, it’s the outer area that’s growing.’
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What We Talk About When We Talk About Love – Raymond Carver
It’s rare to see more than three people conversing in a typical novel, and the reason is simple: it’s tough to construct such scenes in writing. Many stories are linear simply because that method makes writing easier.
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Love Wins All IU
IU’s new song ‘Love Wins All’ dropped yesterday. 🎶 I loved seeing IU and V in the music video, the piano intro, her crackling vocals, and the cloud-walking verse. But personally, I adored the song introduction released alongside it the most. 🌈
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Owls Soar at Twilight
You can write anytime, but it’s essential to wait until the story bubbles up inside you, until you can’t help but write. Like a shopkeeper waiting for rain, a farmer waiting for harvest, or a fisherman waiting for the float to move, you need to wait for all the ideas to clump together into a…
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How Many More Full Moons Will I Witness?
At the book’s end, there’s an epilogue by Masafumi Suzuki, who interviewed Ryuichi Sakamoto for this book. While I tried to remain composed reading the main text, this part broke my heart.
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‘The Roundup 3’ and ‘How Do You Live?’
Speaking of which, the advice to always show up when you like someone is so true. Initially thought Don Lee was destined to play villains forever (sorry!), but the more I see him, the more he seems like a masterpiece actor.
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The Beatles’ Final Song, ‘Now And Then’
Last night, a brand-new Beatles track was released! 🎶 Although it was once slated for the Anthology project (a collection of unreleased Beatles tracks after John Lennon passed), it didn’t make it due to the poor quality of John’s recorded voice on tape. But now, over 20 years later, with the magic of technology, ‘Now…
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The Prettiest Drama Ever, Moving
As the ending approaches, it’s like opening your eyes to a flash of light, everything clicks into place. It sweeps you away like a storm, giving you no time to breathe.
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Spotify Recommendations
As I kept adding to the list, I got overwhelmed by never-ending suggestions and had to close my phone. I’m curious why recommendation algorithms can’t leap through time. Start with the ’80s and you’ll get ’80s; start with the 2000s and it’s all 2000s—it’s the streaming platform cliché.
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Exploring ‘The City and Its Uncertain Walls’
Encountering a new work by a beloved author is like a personal festival that I can fully enjoy alone. Still, personally, the new ‘The City and Its Uncertain Walls’ fell short of expectations. The freshness of ‘The End of the World’ was already enjoyed in the original novella, and the delightful style and expressions were…