In airports, I have never been a resident alien; I am a traveler, just like everyone else.
I really love this comic by Shing Yin Khor.
I have today’s mood setter, Santigold’s “Run the Road”, playing loud. Windows open, volume up! 🎵
Things that grow in containers,
sibsiding only off of what is given,
provided, and falls their way by
happenstance.
Scheduled and pruned and measured,
water, fertilizer,
soil and the fauna that visit.
Kept by their owners or
ones that their owners pay to keep.
They envy the weeds that grow nearby.
Watched Tigertail (2020) 🎥
A beautiful story with excellent performances. This movie says a lot about the things left unsaid, stories untold, and actions never taken.
For me, success is not a public thing. It’s a private thing. It’s when you have fewer and fewer regrets.
~Toni Morrison
Multiculturalism is a grand, revolutionary concept. But I think its purpose is really simple. It is to live with each other without the fear of each other.
~Nyadol Nyuo
Our constant interaction on and with social media platforms has trained us into a hyper-transactional society.
Yep.
~Me.
Watched Quigley Down Under (1990) 🎥
Scrolling through Netflix and my wife mentioned that she had never seen this movie before. Considering her love for 90s-era westerns (long live The Young Riders!) I knew she would appreciate this one. And she did. I think it’s common knowledge these days but, no one plays a bad guy as good as Alan Rickman (RIP).
The physical chooses this direction
towards movement
spending energy
While my emotional chooses this
towards safety
seeking comfort
A battle of opposite directions
means remaining in place
for neither will win
Wills are strong
A compromise between them
is progress
perhaps away from both wills.
Some news from a friend has me thinking, and the lyrics of Regina Spektor’s “Firewood” seem fitting. Thus, today’s mood setter. 🎵
I just sent my newsletter after taking a few weeks off. Not too late to subscribe, please and thank you.
Ah! Just a couple days at work, this week, before heading into a (much needed) long weekend. So many things I want to wrap up! Thus, today’s mood setter is “Timebomb” by Beck. 🎵
I need “flow” this week, so today’s mood setter is “Water” by Ra Ra Riot & Rostam. 🎵
A perfectly lazy and relaxing Saturday, I think The Weather Station's "Tried to Tell You" is today's mood setter. 🎵
Happy Friday! And here is today’s mood setter, Caro Emerald’s “Absolutely Me”. 🎵
Amenable no longer
to others and their wants.
Amenable to what we have prioritized
if at all.
Amenable is not pliability
nor pliable
But consentual and
uncharacteristically
passive.
Kam Redlawsk is someone I only recently became aware of. Her voice, not only as a Korean Adoptee but as a person with a disability, and her advocacy for inclusion in outdoor spaces, is something I very, very much admire. This is an excellent video worth your time.
Today, Rachael Yamagata’s “Be Be Your Love” is our mood setter. I first fell in love with her work when I heard her on KCRW, singing this track (link is to a different live recording). 🎵
Fugitive
Simultaneously
Running and Hiding
I was right
I am right
I tried to do the right thing.
Please don’t take me back
there
It is cold and dark
And I tried to do the right thing.
Watched Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed (2021) 🎥
Though I always watch documentaries with a grain of salt, it’s not difficult to imagine people exploiting others for profit in the way that it’s portrayed here.
When you’re just happy to be outside.
Thinking that Latin Bitman’s “Airplane (feat. OSO 507)” aptly reflects the mood for today. 🎵
That cool morning breeze
comes through your window
and floats across your body.
It feels good, refreshing.
It has travelled far, seen many
things, and carries with it
all that is has experienced.
I discovered very very early in life, that life was filled with questions. And it was the questions that were important, never the answers. The answers always change; the questions grow.
~ Betty Reid Soskin, as heard on the This Is Love podcast. 🎙
Watched episodes 1 and 2 of Korean Cold Noodle Rhapsody (2021) 📺
Beautifully shot, as most modern food shows are. I didn’t like the pacing of the show; it moved a little too quickly from story to story. But it left me hungry, both for naengmyeon and for Korea itself.