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At Eternity’s Gate by Julian Schnabel

Vincent van Gogh, so tragic yet so beautiful. 

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One Child Nation by Nanfu Wang and Lynn Zhang It’s truly scary how the Chinese government manipulates its people like playthings. After 35 years of heartache under the one-child policy, China changes its tune to two children is just right. I can only wonder what that old man was thinking as he watched that propaganda, knowing that his son left his firstborn daughter at a meat market and his daughter was forced to traffick her own firstborn.

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picnic 🏞 12.07.18 This is what a great day looks like. We drive out to a sparkling lake in the middle of a city. We rent a kayak and paddle slow, making our leisurely way around the water. Then, back on shore, we find a spot of shade beneath a tree - the sunshine makes the leaves glow and our blanket is dappled with yellow light. Simple picnic: baked cauliflower, meat + cheese + crackers, local cherries, hipster sodas, lemon squares. Nancy puts on music, and we munch and chat. Then I put on music and we read. I have my paperback and she has her e-reader. A breeze floats over from the lake. I finish the lemon squares. Nancy tells me about her book and I tell her about mine. I take some pictures and I don’t think too much. • There is more to this day: the VSO plays along to Star Wars and we all cheer when the Death Star explodes; I check my email and find the usual magazine chaos, check my voicemail and find a message from the library imploring me to take on extra shifts; I get a little lost when I drive because my sense of direction is poor and I’ve never been good at not being good at things. But under that tree, with a friend I love and Jane Hawking’s book and “an empty bliss beyond this world” crackling out of my phone speakers, I am utterly at ease. I am the light on the water and the text on the page and the distant-sounding horns in the music. Happy. • #deerlake #burnaby #beautifulbc #picnic #park #lake #summer #goodday

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I love this photo by Henri-Cartier. I have no clue what these two men’s relationship is. Friendship? Lovers? Brothers? Cousins? I don’t know but I love the tension of the pulled tie and his itchy back. I love the leather shoes and hole in the wall. Such a strange photo.

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Alone in the Dark is such a garbage film BUT they were ahead of the game when it came to gradient backgrounds. THIS. IS. GORGEOUS. 

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