#raymond wang

[ghost-in-a-cup]

The creation of jobu tupaki:a tragedy

[corgiteatime]

"In another life, I would have really liked just doing laundry and taxes with you."

[catrocketship]

The world of Everything Everywhere All at Once is rooted in everyone being mean. There are microagressions all over the place -- from the antisemitism of Jenny Slate's Jewish Princess character, Big Nose, to the fat shaming, homophobia...in fact, Daniel Kwan says it really clearly in this Digital Spy interview:

"It was meant to be a world in which everyone was mean to each other, but not intentionally. There's fat-shaming, there's sexism, there's racism, there's just a lot of just microaggressions that come up from the fact that when you live a busy life and you're so distracted, you just can't see each other – you don't see humans, you're not afforded that time. By the end, when [Evelyn] has the power to see people fully you can really see [her] transformation."

Which makes the "just be kind" direction from Waymond even more powerful. Slow down. Take the time to really see people. This, too, is a way to survive.

I'm also rewatching this film at the same time I listened to Thích Nhất Hạnh's The Art of Mindful Living, in which he says that truly loving someone is the act of looking deeply at them and seeing where they are hurt, and what they need. Those words resonated during the empathy fight, when Evelyn looks at each jumper in their "native" universe and brings them what they need -- whether that's a ball gag and a spanking or a puppy.

[audrey-magazine-blog1]

Germaphobes Rejoice! You May Soon Be Traveling In Cleaner Air

Now, I’m not exactly a germaphobe, but I do get quite disgusted when I see people in public that sneeze without covering their mouth or leave the restroom without washing their hands. Don’t even get me started with those food pickers at the buffet line. Unfortunately, the worst area to contract yucky germs is when you’re stuck in an airplane cabin, breathing air that is essentially being recycled by you and the other passengers. Bacteria found in the common cold, e.coli and listeria have all been found in airplanes. 

Thankfully, this may soon change! Vancouver high school student, Raymond Wang, recently shared his invention at the Intel Science and Engineering Fair. According to MNN.com, Wang’s invention would improve and produce fresh air flow by nearly 200% and decrease airborne germs by 55% in an airplane cabin. His inspiration for research came from the scary Ebola outbreak from last fall as well as the shocking statistic he found from the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention: “If a passenger has a disease such as H1N1 and walks into a plane’s cabin, he has the potential to spread the disease to as many as 17 other passengers on the flight.” - See more at: http://audreymagazine.com/germaphobes-rejoice-you-may-soon-be-traveling-in-cleaner-air/#sthash.QzBbY0yO.dpuf